La Palma - Oaxaca

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Ixtlán de Juárez in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.184167
Latitude (dec): 17.610833

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 680 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 229 persons, 118 of them are male and 111 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 120 minors and 109 adults, with 11 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

229 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 188 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 17 people, while 171 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 46 households.

Of these households 46 are common houses or apartments, 38 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

45 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 44 are connected to the public water supply, 43 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 21 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 15 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

9 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 98 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.