Santa Cruz - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa Cruz

Location of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is located in the municipality of San Juan Mixtepec - Dto. 08 - in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.855278
Latitude (dec): 17.290000

Height over sea level of Santa Cruz

The locations medium height over sea level is 1818 meters.

Population in Santa Cruz

The over all population of Santa Cruz is 475 persons, 218 of them are male and 257 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 188 minors and 287 adults, with 81 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa Cruz

475 inhabitants of the location Santa Cruz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 429 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 100 people, while 293 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 20 citizens of Santa Cruz.

Economic situation

In Santa Cruz exist about 129 households.

Of these households 129 are common houses or apartments, 105 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

112 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 123 are connected to the public water supply, 118 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 25 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa Cruz

Besides the 139 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

139 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 100 persons did not finish the school. 31 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 39 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 26 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.