El Tapanco - Oaxaca

Facts about El Tapanco

Location of El Tapanco

El Tapanco is located in the municipality of Santa María Zacatepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.998611
Latitude (dec): 16.816667

Height over sea level of El Tapanco

The locations medium height over sea level is 365 meters.

Population in El Tapanco

The over all population of El Tapanco is 530 persons, 222 of them are male and 308 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 278 minors and 252 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Tapanco

476 inhabitants of the location El Tapanco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 398 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 32 people, while 363 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 9 citizens of El Tapanco.

Economic situation

In El Tapanco exist about 89 households.

Of these households 88 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

70 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 75 are connected to the public water supply, 82 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 7 own a washing machine and 56 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Tapanco

Besides the 104 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

90 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 154 persons did not finish the school. 37 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 21 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.