Palo Colorado - Oaxaca

Facts about Palo Colorado

Location of Palo Colorado

Palo Colorado is located in the municipality of San Miguel Chimalapa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.701111
Latitude (dec): 16.664167

Height over sea level of Palo Colorado

The locations medium height over sea level is 304 meters.

Population in Palo Colorado

The over all population of Palo Colorado is 215 persons, 106 of them are male and 109 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 115 minors and 100 adults, with 12 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palo Colorado

187 inhabitants of the location Palo Colorado in Mexico live in indigenous households. 113 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 0 people, while 100 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5 citizens of Palo Colorado.

Economic situation

In Palo Colorado exist about 40 households.

Of these households 37 are common houses or apartments, 8 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

34 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 28 are connected to the public water supply, 35 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 28 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palo Colorado

Besides the 36 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

37 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 50 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.