La Ventosa - Oaxaca

Facts about La Ventosa

Location of La Ventosa

La Ventosa is located in the municipality of Juchitán de Zaragoza in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.947222
Latitude (dec): 16.552778

Height over sea level of La Ventosa

The locations medium height over sea level is 35 meters.

Population in La Ventosa

The over all population of La Ventosa is 4201 persons, 2053 of them are male and 2148 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1644 minors and 2557 adults, with 294 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Ventosa

3965 inhabitants of the location La Ventosa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2586 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 126 people, while 2457 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 829 citizens of La Ventosa.

Economic situation

In La Ventosa exist about 992 households.

Of these households 985 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 203 consist of one room only.

909 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 881 are connected to the public water supply, 952 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 44 households to own a computer, 455 own a washing machine and 843 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Ventosa

Besides the 571 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 40 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

559 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1064 persons did not finish the school. 561 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 625 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 354 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.