Santo Tomás - Oaxaca

Facts about Santo Tomás

Location of Santo Tomás

Santo Tomás is located in the municipality of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.514722
Latitude (dec): 18.041944

Height over sea level of Santo Tomás

The locations medium height over sea level is 209 meters.

Population in Santo Tomás

The over all population of Santo Tomás is 1590 persons, 745 of them are male and 845 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 833 minors and 757 adults, with 92 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santo Tomás

1585 inhabitants of the location Santo Tomás in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1341 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 341 people, while 997 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16 citizens of Santo Tomás.

Economic situation

In Santo Tomás exist about 290 households.

Of these households 283 are common houses or apartments, 197 are without floor and about 26 consist of one room only.

279 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 167 are connected to the public water supply, 262 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 105 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santo Tomás

Besides the 411 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 43 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

230 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 522 persons did not finish the school. 104 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 38 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.