La Merced del Potrero - Oaxaca

Facts about La Merced del Potrero

Location of La Merced del Potrero

La Merced del Potrero is located in the municipality of San Miguel del Puerto in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.070833
Latitude (dec): 16.046389

Height over sea level of La Merced del Potrero

The locations medium height over sea level is 630 meters.

Population in La Merced del Potrero

The over all population of La Merced del Potrero is 2170 persons, 1053 of them are male and 1117 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 971 minors and 1199 adults, with 197 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Merced del Potrero

666 inhabitants of the location La Merced del Potrero in Mexico live in indigenous households. 235 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 0 people, while 181 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 22 citizens of La Merced del Potrero.

Economic situation

In La Merced del Potrero exist about 504 households.

Of these households 494 are common houses or apartments, 279 are without floor and about 70 consist of one room only.

344 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 425 are connected to the public water supply, 414 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 127 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Merced del Potrero

Besides the 440 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 35 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

403 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 701 persons did not finish the school. 145 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 76 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 101 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.