Lagunas - Oaxaca

Facts about Lagunas

Location of Lagunas

Lagunas is located in the municipality of El Barrio de la Soledad in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.072222
Latitude (dec): 16.801111

Height over sea level of Lagunas

The locations medium height over sea level is 260 meters.

Population in Lagunas

The over all population of Lagunas is 3817 persons, 1837 of them are male and 1980 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1412 minors and 2405 adults, with 346 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Lagunas

557 inhabitants of the location Lagunas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 225 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 219 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2608 citizens of Lagunas.

Economic situation

In Lagunas exist about 1022 households.

Of these households 1045 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 74 consist of one room only.

956 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 978 are connected to the public water supply, 978 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 281 households to own a computer, 747 own a washing machine and 953 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Lagunas

Besides the 180 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

186 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 759 persons did not finish the school. 505 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1210 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 349 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.