La Providencia - Oaxaca

Facts about La Providencia

Location of La Providencia

La Providencia is located in the municipality of Chalcatongo de Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.505833
Latitude (dec): 16.964722

Height over sea level of La Providencia

The locations medium height over sea level is 2240 meters.

Population in La Providencia

The over all population of La Providencia is 112 persons, 61 of them are male and 51 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 47 minors and 65 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Providencia

110 inhabitants of the location La Providencia in Mexico live in indigenous households. 58 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 51 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6 citizens of La Providencia.

Economic situation

In La Providencia exist about 25 households.

Of these households 25 are common houses or apartments, 9 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

24 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 24 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 5 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Providencia

Besides the 23 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 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 35 persons did not finish the school. 11 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 11 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.