Santiago Atitlán - Oaxaca

Facts about Santiago Atitlán

Location of Santiago Atitlán

Santiago Atitlán is located in the municipality of Santiago Atitlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.946111
Latitude (dec): 17.102500

Height over sea level of Santiago Atitlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1450 meters.

Population in Santiago Atitlán

The over all population of Santiago Atitlán is 581 persons, 287 of them are male and 294 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 242 minors and 339 adults, with 43 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santiago Atitlán

573 inhabitants of the location Santiago Atitlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 499 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 72 people, while 427 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4 citizens of Santiago Atitlán.

Economic situation

In Santiago Atitlán exist about 142 households.

Of these households 133 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

114 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 119 are connected to the public water supply, 125 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 58 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santiago Atitlán

Besides the 84 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

74 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 179 persons did not finish the school. 74 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 47 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 35 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.