Matadamas - Oaxaca

Facts about Matadamas

Location of Matadamas

Matadamas is located in the municipality of Soledad Etla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.816944
Latitude (dec): 17.160000

Height over sea level of Matadamas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1590 meters.

Population in Matadamas

The over all population of Matadamas is 861 persons, 421 of them are male and 440 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 294 minors and 567 adults, with 78 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Matadamas

8 inhabitants of the location Matadamas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 8 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 8 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 387 citizens of Matadamas.

Economic situation

In Matadamas exist about 199 households.

Of these households 198 are common houses or apartments, 10 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

171 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 186 are connected to the public water supply, 195 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 23 households to own a computer, 130 own a washing machine and 193 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Matadamas

Besides the 15 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

16 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 293 persons did not finish the school. 148 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 170 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 74 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.