Santiago Atitlán

Information and facts about the municipality of Santiago Atitlán

Location of Santiago Atitlán

The municipality of Santiago Atitlán is located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca México

Population of Santiago Atitlán

The overall population of the municipality named Santiago Atitlán is 3187 citizens, 1628 males and 1559 females.

Age distribution

The population of Santiago Atitlán is divided into 1431 minors and 1756 adults, with 291 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Santiago Atitlán

3179 people in Santiago Atitlán live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 2790 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 776 and 2013 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 36 citizens of Santiago Atitlán.

Economic situation

In Santiago Atitlán about 701 households are registered.

680 of these households are common houses or apartments, 392 are without floor and about 29 consist of one room only.

649 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 570 are connected to the public water supply, 444 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 130 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santiago Atitlán

Besides the 599 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 56 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

473 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1018 persons did not finish the school. 314 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 131 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 143 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.