Puerto Escondido - Oaxaca

Facts about Puerto Escondido

Location of Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido is located in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec - Dto. 22 - in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.071667
Latitude (dec): 15.861944

Height over sea level of Puerto Escondido

The locations medium height over sea level is 60 meters.

Population in Puerto Escondido

The over all population of Puerto Escondido is 20178 persons, 9609 of them are male and 10569 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 8787 minors and 11391 adults, with 946 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Puerto Escondido

1745 inhabitants of the location Puerto Escondido in Mexico live in indigenous households. 673 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 636 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5624 citizens of Puerto Escondido.

Economic situation

In Puerto Escondido exist about 4964 households.

Of these households 4841 are common houses or apartments, 465 are without floor and about 752 consist of one room only.

4496 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4390 are connected to the public water supply, 4544 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 783 households to own a computer, 2279 own a washing machine and 4251 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Puerto Escondido

Besides the 1306 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 175 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1347 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4745 persons did not finish the school. 2430 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3998 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1327 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.