Río Metates - Oaxaca

Facts about Río Metates

Location of Río Metates

Río Metates is located in the municipality of Santiago Juxtlahuaca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.984444
Latitude (dec): 17.119722

Height over sea level of Río Metates

The locations medium height over sea level is 1200 meters.

Population in Río Metates

The over all population of Río Metates is 557 persons, 277 of them are male and 280 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 315 minors and 242 adults, with 24 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Río Metates

554 inhabitants of the location Río Metates in Mexico live in indigenous households. 448 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 182 people, while 263 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Río Metates.

Economic situation

In Río Metates exist about 100 households.

Of these households 90 are common houses or apartments, 69 are without floor and about 29 consist of one room only.

1 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 78 are connected to the public water supply, 26 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 9 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Río Metates

Besides the 129 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

78 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 149 persons did not finish the school. 27 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.