Santa María Petapa - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Petapa

Location of Santa María Petapa

Santa María Petapa is located in the municipality of Santa María Petapa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.119722
Latitude (dec): 16.821667

Height over sea level of Santa María Petapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in Santa María Petapa

The over all population of Santa María Petapa is 2345 persons, 1139 of them are male and 1206 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 885 minors and 1460 adults, with 314 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Petapa

2081 inhabitants of the location Santa María Petapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1160 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 3 people, while 1142 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 404 citizens of Santa María Petapa.

Economic situation

In Santa María Petapa exist about 638 households.

Of these households 589 are common houses or apartments, 62 are without floor and about 152 consist of one room only.

452 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 507 are connected to the public water supply, 565 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 19 households to own a computer, 101 own a washing machine and 460 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Petapa

Besides the 317 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

232 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 891 persons did not finish the school. 261 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 220 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 152 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.