El Punto - Oaxaca

Facts about El Punto

Location of El Punto

El Punto is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina Ixtepeji in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.583889
Latitude (dec): 17.221667

Height over sea level of El Punto

The locations medium height over sea level is 2360 meters.

Population in El Punto

The over all population of El Punto is 466 persons, 215 of them are male and 251 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 160 minors and 306 adults, with 60 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Punto

56 inhabitants of the location El Punto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 22 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 22 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 41 citizens of El Punto.

Economic situation

In El Punto exist about 117 households.

Of these households 117 are common houses or apartments, 22 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

116 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 116 are connected to the public water supply, 115 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 56 own a washing machine and 88 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Punto

Besides the 19 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 0 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

13 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 195 persons did not finish the school. 82 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 31 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 26 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.