Santa María - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa María

Location of Santa María

Santa María is located in the municipality of San Pedro Huamelula in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.703056
Latitude (dec): 15.992500

Height over sea level of Santa María

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Santa María

The over all population of Santa María is 1182 persons, 551 of them are male and 631 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 499 minors and 683 adults, with 127 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María

257 inhabitants of the location Santa María in Mexico live in indigenous households. 130 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 126 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 513 citizens of Santa María.

Economic situation

In Santa María exist about 330 households.

Of these households 325 are common houses or apartments, 83 are without floor and about 87 consist of one room only.

287 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 305 are connected to the public water supply, 295 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 24 own a washing machine and 222 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María

Besides the 117 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

118 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 419 persons did not finish the school. 121 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 103 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 93 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.