Costa Rica - Oaxaca

Facts about Costa Rica

Location of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is located in the municipality of San Mateo del Mar in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.016389
Latitude (dec): 16.198333

Height over sea level of Costa Rica

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Costa Rica

The over all population of Costa Rica is 620 persons, 307 of them are male and 313 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 312 minors and 308 adults, with 39 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Costa Rica

615 inhabitants of the location Costa Rica in Mexico live in indigenous households. 554 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 90 people, while 463 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 21 citizens of Costa Rica.

Economic situation

In Costa Rica exist about 113 households.

Of these households 105 are common houses or apartments, 103 are without floor and about 29 consist of one room only.

41 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 52 are connected to the public water supply, 75 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 32 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Costa Rica

Besides the 95 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

92 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 173 persons did not finish the school. 48 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 44 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 57 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.