Santiago Laxopa - Oaxaca

Facts about Santiago Laxopa

Location of Santiago Laxopa

Santiago Laxopa is located in the municipality of Santiago Laxopa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.311111
Latitude (dec): 17.216944

Height over sea level of Santiago Laxopa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1920 meters.

Population in Santiago Laxopa

The over all population of Santiago Laxopa is 664 persons, 315 of them are male and 349 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 256 minors and 408 adults, with 142 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santiago Laxopa

658 inhabitants of the location Santiago Laxopa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 559 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 42 people, while 515 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of Santiago Laxopa.

Economic situation

In Santiago Laxopa exist about 179 households.

Of these households 174 are common houses or apartments, 139 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

163 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 168 are connected to the public water supply, 170 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 84 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santiago Laxopa

Besides the 68 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

50 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 302 persons did not finish the school. 81 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 11 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 20 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.