Barranca Obscura - Oaxaca

Facts about Barranca Obscura

Location of Barranca Obscura

Barranca Obscura is located in the municipality of Santiago Amoltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.496111
Latitude (dec): 16.661667

Height over sea level of Barranca Obscura

The locations medium height over sea level is 1480 meters.

Population in Barranca Obscura

The over all population of Barranca Obscura is 404 persons, 174 of them are male and 230 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 220 minors and 184 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Barranca Obscura

395 inhabitants of the location Barranca Obscura in Mexico live in indigenous households. 240 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 21 people, while 218 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Barranca Obscura exist about 66 households.

Of these households 66 are common houses or apartments, 33 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

66 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 61 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 Obscura

Besides the 97 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

92 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 106 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.