Zapotal - Oaxaca

Facts about Zapotal

Location of Zapotal

Zapotal is located in the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.493056
Latitude (dec): 15.722222

Height over sea level of Zapotal

The locations medium height over sea level is 160 meters.

Population in Zapotal

The over all population of Zapotal is 266 persons, 135 of them are male and 131 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 131 minors and 135 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Zapotal

22 inhabitants of the location Zapotal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 7 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 5 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 22 citizens of Zapotal.

Economic situation

In Zapotal exist about 57 households.

Of these households 56 are common houses or apartments, 37 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

49 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 5 are connected to the public water supply, 37 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 31 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Zapotal

Besides the 37 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

42 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 78 persons did not finish the school. 19 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 11 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.