Tierra Colorada - Oaxaca

Facts about Tierra Colorada

Location of Tierra Colorada

Tierra Colorada is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina Ixtepeji in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.614722
Latitude (dec): 17.155278

Height over sea level of Tierra Colorada

The locations medium height over sea level is 2241 meters.

Population in Tierra Colorada

The over all population of Tierra Colorada is 391 persons, 197 of them are male and 194 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 156 minors and 235 adults, with 38 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tierra Colorada

31 inhabitants of the location Tierra Colorada in Mexico live in indigenous households. 13 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 13 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of Tierra Colorada.

Economic situation

In Tierra Colorada exist about 80 households.

Of these households 80 are common houses or apartments, 42 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

80 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 60 are connected to the public water supply, 78 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 30 own a washing machine and 62 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tierra Colorada

Besides the 8 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

8 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 193 persons did not finish the school. 54 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.