Río Lagarto - Oaxaca

Facts about Río Lagarto

Location of Río Lagarto

Río Lagarto is located in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.057222
Latitude (dec): 17.064722

Height over sea level of Río Lagarto

The locations medium height over sea level is 1400 meters.

Population in Río Lagarto

The over all population of Río Lagarto is 424 persons, 207 of them are male and 217 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 226 minors and 198 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Río Lagarto

424 inhabitants of the location Río Lagarto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 359 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 140 people, while 219 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Río Lagarto exist about 70 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 66 are without floor and about 37 consist of one room only.

5 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 42 are connected to the public water supply, 44 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 7 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Río Lagarto

Besides the 125 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 31 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

88 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 129 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.