San Cristóbal Amatlán - Oaxaca

Facts about San Cristóbal Amatlán

Location of San Cristóbal Amatlán

San Cristóbal Amatlán is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal Amatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.410000
Latitude (dec): 16.318333

Height over sea level of San Cristóbal Amatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in San Cristóbal Amatlán

The over all population of San Cristóbal Amatlán is 3181 persons, 1539 of them are male and 1642 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1542 minors and 1639 adults, with 240 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of San Cristóbal Amatlán

3157 inhabitants of the location San Cristóbal Amatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2644 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 379 people, while 2143 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 12 citizens of San Cristóbal Amatlán.

Economic situation

In San Cristóbal Amatlán exist about 656 households.

Of these households 584 are common houses or apartments, 403 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

558 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 508 are connected to the public water supply, 530 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 138 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in San Cristóbal Amatlán

Besides the 714 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 24 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

701 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 803 persons did not finish the school. 232 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 87 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 148 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.