Santa María Zoquitlán - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Zoquitlán

Location of Santa María Zoquitlán

Santa María Zoquitlán is located in the municipality of Santa María Zoquitlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.353056
Latitude (dec): 16.558333

Height over sea level of Santa María Zoquitlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1080 meters.

Population in Santa María Zoquitlán

The over all population of Santa María Zoquitlán is 1608 persons, 733 of them are male and 875 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 580 minors and 1028 adults, with 278 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Zoquitlán

22 inhabitants of the location Santa María Zoquitlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 13 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 11 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 402 citizens of Santa María Zoquitlán.

Economic situation

In Santa María Zoquitlán exist about 450 households.

Of these households 438 are common houses or apartments, 127 are without floor and about 48 consist of one room only.

395 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 427 are connected to the public water supply, 414 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 7 households to own a computer, 105 own a washing machine and 347 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Zoquitlán

Besides the 260 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

217 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 704 persons did not finish the school. 139 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 84 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 95 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.