San Simón Zahuatlán - Oaxaca

Facts about San Simón Zahuatlán

Location of San Simón Zahuatlán

San Simón Zahuatlán is located in the municipality of San Simón Zahuatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.003889
Latitude (dec): 17.827778

Height over sea level of San Simón Zahuatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1920 meters.

Population in San Simón Zahuatlán

The over all population of San Simón Zahuatlán is 842 persons, 419 of them are male and 423 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 479 minors and 363 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of San Simón Zahuatlán

841 inhabitants of the location San Simón Zahuatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 679 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 230 people, while 434 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of San Simón Zahuatlán.

Economic situation

In San Simón Zahuatlán exist about 81 households.

Of these households 81 are common houses or apartments, 8 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

62 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 74 are connected to the public water supply, 78 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 72 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in San Simón Zahuatlán

Besides the 244 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 46 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

228 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 170 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.