Nicán - Oaxaca

Facts about Nicán

Location of Nicán

Nicán is located in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.035833
Latitude (dec): 17.288611

Height over sea level of Nicán

The locations medium height over sea level is 2000 meters.

Population in Nicán

The over all population of Nicán is 76 persons, 35 of them are male and 41 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 29 minors and 47 adults, with 16 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nicán

21 inhabitants of the location Nicán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 11 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 10 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Nicán.

Economic situation

In Nicán exist about 24 households.

Of these households 24 are common houses or apartments, 10 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

24 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 23 are connected to the public water supply, 24 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 16 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nicán

Besides the 12 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

4 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 33 persons did not finish the school. 4 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.