Santiago Jicayán - Oaxaca

Facts about Santiago Jicayán

Location of Santiago Jicayán

Santiago Jicayán is located in the municipality of San Pedro Jicayán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.010556
Latitude (dec): 16.477222

Height over sea level of Santiago Jicayán

The locations medium height over sea level is 230 meters.

Population in Santiago Jicayán

The over all population of Santiago Jicayán is 875 persons, 423 of them are male and 452 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 452 minors and 423 adults, with 65 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santiago Jicayán

855 inhabitants of the location Santiago Jicayán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 746 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 70 people, while 666 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 90 citizens of Santiago Jicayán.

Economic situation

In Santiago Jicayán exist about 168 households.

Of these households 165 are common houses or apartments, 89 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

147 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 136 are connected to the public water supply, 157 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 84 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santiago Jicayán

Besides the 88 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

72 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 268 persons did not finish the school. 70 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 77 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 64 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.