Chocolate - Oaxaca

Facts about Chocolate

Location of Chocolate

Chocolate is located in the municipality of San Juan Guichicovi in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.090556
Latitude (dec): 16.933056

Height over sea level of Chocolate

The locations medium height over sea level is 290 meters.

Population in Chocolate

The over all population of Chocolate is 1004 persons, 435 of them are male and 569 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 368 minors and 636 adults, with 124 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chocolate

1004 inhabitants of the location Chocolate in Mexico live in indigenous households. 915 of the citizens 5 years and older, speak an indigenous language. The count of people who only speak an indigenous language without having knowledge of the Spanish language is 374 people, while 540 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 120 citizens of Chocolate.

Economic situation

In Chocolate exist about 292 households.

Of these households 281 are common houses or apartments, 49 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

240 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 232 are connected to the public water supply, 264 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 148 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chocolate

Besides the 391 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

380 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 215 persons did not finish the school. 60 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 49 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 53 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.