Tierra Blanca - Oaxaca

Facts about Tierra Blanca

Location of Tierra Blanca

Tierra Blanca is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina Yosonotú in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.667222
Latitude (dec): 17.010000

Height over sea level of Tierra Blanca

The locations medium height over sea level is 2440 meters.

Population in Tierra Blanca

The over all population of Tierra Blanca is 184 persons, 82 of them are male and 102 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 60 minors and 124 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tierra Blanca

180 inhabitants of the location Tierra Blanca in Mexico live in indigenous households. 145 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 23 people, while 116 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Tierra Blanca.

Economic situation

In Tierra Blanca exist about 40 households.

Of these households 40 are common houses or apartments, 7 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

39 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 9 are connected to the public water supply, 38 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 2 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tierra Blanca

Besides the 37 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 44 persons did not finish the school. 38 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 19 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.