Chicapa de Castro - Oaxaca

Facts about Chicapa de Castro

Location of Chicapa de Castro

Chicapa de Castro is located in the municipality of Juchitán de Zaragoza in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.822222
Latitude (dec): 16.436111

Height over sea level of Chicapa de Castro

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Chicapa de Castro

The over all population of Chicapa de Castro is 3184 persons, 1540 of them are male and 1644 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1203 minors and 1981 adults, with 393 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chicapa de Castro

2992 inhabitants of the location Chicapa de Castro in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1652 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 26 people, while 1613 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 881 citizens of Chicapa de Castro.

Economic situation

In Chicapa de Castro exist about 810 households.

Of these households 806 are common houses or apartments, 61 are without floor and about 100 consist of one room only.

746 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 755 are connected to the public water supply, 777 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 35 households to own a computer, 294 own a washing machine and 674 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chicapa de Castro

Besides the 382 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 68 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

330 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1043 persons did not finish the school. 401 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 435 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 230 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.