Cerro Gordo - Oaxaca

Facts about Cerro Gordo

Location of Cerro Gordo

Cerro Gordo is located in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.593889
Latitude (dec): 15.793056

Height over sea level of Cerro Gordo

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in Cerro Gordo

The over all population of Cerro Gordo is 484 persons, 232 of them are male and 252 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 251 minors and 233 adults, with 35 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerro Gordo

366 inhabitants of the location Cerro Gordo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 155 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 2 people, while 151 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Cerro Gordo.

Economic situation

In Cerro Gordo exist about 99 households.

Of these households 96 are common houses or apartments, 37 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

83 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 88 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 51 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerro Gordo

Besides the 73 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

62 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 151 persons did not finish the school. 37 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 20 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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