Santo Tomás Mazaltepec - Oaxaca

Facts about Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

Location of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

Santo Tomás Mazaltepec is located in the municipality of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.870833
Latitude (dec): 17.172222

Height over sea level of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1660 meters.

Population in Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

The over all population of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec is 1878 persons, 870 of them are male and 1008 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 763 minors and 1115 adults, with 226 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

1657 inhabitants of the location Santo Tomás Mazaltepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 926 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 11 people, while 904 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 155 citizens of Santo Tomás Mazaltepec.

Economic situation

In Santo Tomás Mazaltepec exist about 440 households.

Of these households 443 are common houses or apartments, 101 are without floor and about 36 consist of one room only.

389 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 417 are connected to the public water supply, 430 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 24 households to own a computer, 96 own a washing machine and 371 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santo Tomás Mazaltepec

Besides the 126 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

76 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 777 persons did not finish the school. 202 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 169 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 100 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.