Santa María Cortijo - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Cortijo

Location of Santa María Cortijo

Santa María Cortijo is located in the municipality of Santa María Cortijo in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.285556
Latitude (dec): 16.450833

Height over sea level of Santa María Cortijo

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Santa María Cortijo

The over all population of Santa María Cortijo is 969 persons, 457 of them are male and 512 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 466 minors and 503 adults, with 91 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Cortijo

59 inhabitants of the location Santa María Cortijo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 20 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 14 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 65 citizens of Santa María Cortijo.

Economic situation

In Santa María Cortijo exist about 223 households.

Of these households 222 are common houses or apartments, 44 are without floor and about 55 consist of one room only.

134 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 177 are connected to the public water supply, 185 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 72 own a washing machine and 164 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Cortijo

Besides the 140 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

115 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 251 persons did not finish the school. 79 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 115 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 73 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.