La Luz - Oaxaca

Facts about La Luz

Location of La Luz

La Luz is located in the municipality of Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.594444
Latitude (dec): 16.110278

Height over sea level of La Luz

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in La Luz

The over all population of La Luz is 2307 persons, 1102 of them are male and 1205 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1054 minors and 1253 adults, with 264 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Luz

128 inhabitants of the location La Luz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 37 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 0 people, while 33 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 46 citizens of La Luz.

Economic situation

In La Luz exist about 563 households.

Of these households 565 are common houses or apartments, 221 are without floor and about 142 consist of one room only.

444 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 393 are connected to the public water supply, 530 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 17 households to own a computer, 161 own a washing machine and 424 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Luz

Besides the 290 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 33 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

277 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 714 persons did not finish the school. 249 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 144 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 101 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.