Santa Catarina Mechoacán - Oaxaca

Facts about Santa Catarina Mechoacán

Location of Santa Catarina Mechoacán

Santa Catarina Mechoacán is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina Mechoacán in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.835556
Latitude (dec): 16.333611

Height over sea level of Santa Catarina Mechoacán

The locations medium height over sea level is 310 meters.

Population in Santa Catarina Mechoacán

The over all population of Santa Catarina Mechoacán is 4320 persons, 2133 of them are male and 2187 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1942 minors and 2378 adults, with 335 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa Catarina Mechoacán

4310 inhabitants of the location Santa Catarina Mechoacán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3783 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 673 people, while 3073 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 80 citizens of Santa Catarina Mechoacán.

Economic situation

In Santa Catarina Mechoacán exist about 834 households.

Of these households 830 are common houses or apartments, 532 are without floor and about 114 consist of one room only.

380 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 470 are connected to the public water supply, 778 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 19 households to own a computer, 23 own a washing machine and 453 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa Catarina Mechoacán

Besides the 861 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 48 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

727 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1296 persons did not finish the school. 383 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 170 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 167 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.