Mazahua - Oaxaca

Facts about Mazahua

Location of Mazahua

Mazahua is located in the municipality of Asunción Ixtaltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.946944
Latitude (dec): 16.630833

Height over sea level of Mazahua

The locations medium height over sea level is 160 meters.

Population in Mazahua

The over all population of Mazahua is 203 persons, 97 of them are male and 106 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 61 minors and 142 adults, with 29 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mazahua

196 inhabitants of the location Mazahua in Mexico live in indigenous households. 124 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 7 people, while 115 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 18 citizens of Mazahua.

Economic situation

In Mazahua exist about 54 households.

Of these households 54 are common houses or apartments, 7 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

52 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 36 are connected to the public water supply, 52 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 25 own a washing machine and 40 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mazahua

Besides the 36 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

39 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 60 persons did not finish the school. 27 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 29 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.