Barranca Cosida - Oaxaca

Facts about Barranca Cosida

Location of Barranca Cosida

Barranca Cosida is located in the municipality of Santiago Amoltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.520278
Latitude (dec): 16.633056

Height over sea level of Barranca Cosida

The locations medium height over sea level is 1280 meters.

Population in Barranca Cosida

The over all population of Barranca Cosida is 464 persons, 231 of them are male and 233 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 270 minors and 194 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Barranca Cosida

461 inhabitants of the location Barranca Cosida in Mexico live in indigenous households. 316 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 31 people, while 283 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Barranca Cosida.

Economic situation

In Barranca Cosida exist about 87 households.

Of these households 87 are common houses or apartments, 68 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

84 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 6 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 Barranca Cosida

Besides the 103 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 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 153 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.