Cañada de Hielo - Oaxaca

Facts about Cañada de Hielo

Location of Cañada de Hielo

Cañada de Hielo is located in the municipality of Santa María Peñoles in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.968056
Latitude (dec): 17.107778

Height over sea level of Cañada de Hielo

The locations medium height over sea level is 2200 meters.

Population in Cañada de Hielo

The over all population of Cañada de Hielo is 401 persons, 184 of them are male and 217 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 199 minors and 202 adults, with 49 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cañada de Hielo

401 inhabitants of the location Cañada de Hielo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 351 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 57 people, while 294 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Cañada de Hielo.

Economic situation

In Cañada de Hielo exist about 71 households.

Of these households 71 are common houses or apartments, 64 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

69 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5 are connected to the public water supply, 19 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cañada de Hielo

Besides the 66 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

51 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 113 persons did not finish the school. 49 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.