Las Peñas - Oaxaca

Facts about Las Peñas

Location of Las Peñas

Las Peñas is located in the municipality of Tamazulápam del Espíritu Santo in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.026944
Latitude (dec): 16.997222

Height over sea level of Las Peñas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2212 meters.

Population in Las Peñas

The over all population of Las Peñas is 482 persons, 233 of them are male and 249 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 226 minors and 256 adults, with 31 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Peñas

482 inhabitants of the location Las Peñas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 425 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 96 people, while 329 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 48 citizens of Las Peñas.

Economic situation

In Las Peñas exist about 99 households.

Of these households 98 are common houses or apartments, 70 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

94 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 34 are connected to the public water supply, 91 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 47 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Peñas

Besides the 82 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

78 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 122 persons did not finish the school. 68 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.