El Cocal - Oaxaca

Facts about El Cocal

Location of El Cocal

El Cocal is located in the municipality of Santiago Amoltepec in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.541389
Latitude (dec): 16.642500

Height over sea level of El Cocal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1000 meters.

Population in El Cocal

The over all population of El Cocal is 488 persons, 246 of them are male and 242 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 284 minors and 204 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Cocal

476 inhabitants of the location El Cocal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 321 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 7 people, while 310 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of El Cocal.

Economic situation

In El Cocal exist about 91 households.

Of these households 91 are common houses or apartments, 88 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

90 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 85 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 15 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Cocal

Besides the 79 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

71 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 156 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.