Santa María Peñoles - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Peñoles

Location of Santa María Peñoles

Santa María Peñoles is located in the municipality of Santa María Peñoles in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.001389
Latitude (dec): 17.077778

Height over sea level of Santa María Peñoles

The locations medium height over sea level is 2000 meters.

Population in Santa María Peñoles

The over all population of Santa María Peñoles is 504 persons, 239 of them are male and 265 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 254 minors and 250 adults, with 52 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Peñoles

504 inhabitants of the location Santa María Peñoles in Mexico live in indigenous households. 415 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 38 people, while 373 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 23 citizens of Santa María Peñoles.

Economic situation

In Santa María Peñoles exist about 92 households.

Of these households 92 are common houses or apartments, 43 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

92 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 45 are connected to the public water supply, 76 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 19 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Peñoles

Besides the 65 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

46 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 43 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 35 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.