La Palestina - Oaxaca

Facts about La Palestina

Location of La Palestina

La Palestina is located in the municipality of San Juan Mazatlán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.143611
Latitude (dec): 17.225278

Height over sea level of La Palestina

The locations medium height over sea level is 177 meters.

Population in La Palestina

The over all population of La Palestina is 184 persons, 95 of them are male and 89 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 94 minors and 90 adults, with 12 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palestina

125 inhabitants of the location La Palestina in Mexico live in indigenous households. 43 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 2 people, while 37 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of La Palestina.

Economic situation

In La Palestina exist about 32 households.

Of these households 32 are common houses or apartments, 10 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

23 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 31 are connected to the public water supply, 32 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 21 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palestina

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

27 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 65 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.