La Luz - Oaxaca

Facts about La Luz

Location of La Luz

La Luz is located in the municipality of Santa María Chilchotla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.761111
Latitude (dec): 18.306944

Height over sea level of La Luz

The locations medium height over sea level is 540 meters.

Population in La Luz

The over all population of La Luz is 174 persons, 90 of them are male and 84 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 88 minors and 86 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Luz

165 inhabitants of the location La Luz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 148 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 42 people, while 106 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of La Luz.

Economic situation

In La Luz exist about 36 households.

Of these households 38 are common houses or apartments, 33 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

36 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 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 16 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Luz

Besides the 39 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

41 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 43 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 10 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.