Canaan - Oaxaca

Facts about Canaan

Location of Canaan

Canaan is located in the municipality of Santa María Chimalapa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.065000
Latitude (dec): 17.024167

Height over sea level of Canaan

The locations medium height over sea level is 305 meters.

Population in Canaan

The over all population of Canaan is 113 persons, 58 of them are male and 55 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 58 minors and 55 adults, with 7 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Canaan

113 inhabitants of the location Canaan in Mexico live in indigenous households. 95 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 5 people, while 85 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Canaan exist about 21 households.

Of these households 21 are common houses or apartments, 21 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

16 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 1 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Canaan

Besides the 31 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

33 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 30 persons did not finish the school. 0 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.