El Zarzal - Oaxaca

Facts about El Zarzal

Location of El Zarzal

El Zarzal is located in the municipality of San Juan Guichicovi in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.037222
Latitude (dec): 17.013889

Height over sea level of El Zarzal

The locations medium height over sea level is 120 meters.

Population in El Zarzal

The over all population of El Zarzal is 874 persons, 402 of them are male and 472 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 363 minors and 511 adults, with 122 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Zarzal

866 inhabitants of the location El Zarzal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 737 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 146 people, while 588 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of El Zarzal.

Economic situation

In El Zarzal exist about 230 households.

Of these households 227 are common houses or apartments, 60 are without floor and about 27 consist of one room only.

157 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 124 are connected to the public water supply, 198 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 6 own a washing machine and 126 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Zarzal

Besides the 300 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

302 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 203 persons did not finish the school. 41 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 25 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 45 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.