El Mezquite - Oaxaca

Facts about El Mezquite

Location of El Mezquite

El Mezquite is located in the municipality of Asunción Ixtaltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.956667
Latitude (dec): 16.693056

Height over sea level of El Mezquite

The locations medium height over sea level is 220 meters.

Population in El Mezquite

The over all population of El Mezquite is 352 persons, 172 of them are male and 180 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 106 minors and 246 adults, with 80 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mezquite

304 inhabitants of the location El Mezquite in Mexico live in indigenous households. 200 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 4 people, while 194 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 89 citizens of El Mezquite.

Economic situation

In El Mezquite exist about 107 households.

Of these households 109 are common houses or apartments, 1 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

107 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 90 are connected to the public water supply, 107 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 73 own a washing machine and 101 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mezquite

Besides the 48 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

54 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 111 persons did not finish the school. 38 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 66 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 33 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.