Santa María Jicaltepec - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María Jicaltepec

Location of Santa María Jicaltepec

Santa María Jicaltepec is located in the municipality of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.043333
Latitude (dec): 16.379167

Height over sea level of Santa María Jicaltepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 500 meters.

Population in Santa María Jicaltepec

The over all population of Santa María Jicaltepec is 1506 persons, 734 of them are male and 772 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 669 minors and 837 adults, with 106 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María Jicaltepec

1486 inhabitants of the location Santa María Jicaltepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1312 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 208 people, while 1080 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 45 citizens of Santa María Jicaltepec.

Economic situation

In Santa María Jicaltepec exist about 340 households.

Of these households 336 are common houses or apartments, 86 are without floor and about 53 consist of one room only.

102 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 166 are connected to the public water supply, 314 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 242 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María Jicaltepec

Besides the 290 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

276 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 341 persons did not finish the school. 233 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 85 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 68 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.