La Candelaria - Oaxaca

Facts about La Candelaria

Location of La Candelaria

La Candelaria is located in the municipality of San Miguel Soyaltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.260556
Latitude (dec): 18.215278

Height over sea level of La Candelaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in La Candelaria

The over all population of La Candelaria is 325 persons, 157 of them are male and 168 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 132 minors and 193 adults, with 38 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Candelaria

41 inhabitants of the location La Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 16 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 15 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 50 citizens of La Candelaria.

Economic situation

In La Candelaria exist about 85 households.

Of these households 85 are common houses or apartments, 29 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

68 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 81 are connected to the public water supply, 78 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 28 own a washing machine and 73 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Candelaria

Besides the 71 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

54 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 131 persons did not finish the school. 26 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.