Potrero - Oaxaca

Facts about Potrero

Location of Potrero

Potrero is located in the municipality of Santiago Atitlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.936667
Latitude (dec): 17.105556

Height over sea level of Potrero

The locations medium height over sea level is 1508 meters.

Population in Potrero

The over all population of Potrero is 271 persons, 137 of them are male and 134 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 125 minors and 146 adults, with 21 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Potrero

271 inhabitants of the location Potrero in Mexico live in indigenous households. 239 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 86 people, while 153 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Potrero.

Economic situation

In Potrero exist about 57 households.

Of these households 57 are common houses or apartments, 40 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

57 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 45 are connected to the public water supply, 29 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 8 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Potrero

Besides the 64 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

47 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 93 persons did not finish the school. 15 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.