Cerro Prieto - Oaxaca

Facts about Cerro Prieto

Location of Cerro Prieto

Cerro Prieto is located in the municipality of San Miguel Chicahua in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.187500
Latitude (dec): 17.658611

Height over sea level of Cerro Prieto

The locations medium height over sea level is 2400 meters.

Population in Cerro Prieto

The over all population of Cerro Prieto is 117 persons, 51 of them are male and 66 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 61 minors and 56 adults, with 11 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerro Prieto

117 inhabitants of the location Cerro Prieto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 93 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 5 people, while 87 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 116 citizens of Cerro Prieto.

Economic situation

In Cerro Prieto exist about 25 households.

Of these households 25 are common houses or apartments, 4 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

25 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 22 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 12 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerro Prieto

Besides the 15 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

15 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 33 persons did not finish the school. 9 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.