La Palma - Oaxaca

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz Zenzontepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.479444
Latitude (dec): 16.482222

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 780 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 355 persons, 168 of them are male and 187 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 202 minors and 153 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

355 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 286 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 60 people, while 224 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 63 households.

Of these households 63 are common houses or apartments, 32 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

62 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 0 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 87 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

87 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 74 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.