Alacrán - Oaxaca

Facts about Alacrán

Location of Alacrán

Alacrán is located in the municipality of Santiago Yosondúa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.553611
Latitude (dec): 16.923611

Height over sea level of Alacrán

The locations medium height over sea level is 2640 meters.

Population in Alacrán

The over all population of Alacrán is 321 persons, 147 of them are male and 174 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 169 minors and 152 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Alacrán

190 inhabitants of the location Alacrán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 74 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 3 people, while 65 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Alacrán exist about 79 households.

Of these households 78 are common houses or apartments, 62 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

75 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 18 are connected to the public water supply, 69 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 23 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Alacrán

Besides the 40 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

33 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 125 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.