Loma Alta - Oaxaca

Facts about Loma Alta

Location of Loma Alta

Loma Alta is located in the municipality of Santa María Chilchotla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.650833
Latitude (dec): 18.310556

Height over sea level of Loma Alta

The locations medium height over sea level is 141 meters.

Population in Loma Alta

The over all population of Loma Alta is 516 persons, 237 of them are male and 279 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 279 minors and 237 adults, with 35 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Loma Alta

516 inhabitants of the location Loma Alta in Mexico live in indigenous households. 437 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 170 people, while 262 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Loma Alta.

Economic situation

In Loma Alta exist about 111 households.

Of these households 111 are common houses or apartments, 106 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

110 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 27 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 10 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Loma Alta

Besides the 114 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

76 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 16 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.