Magdalena Peñasco

Information and facts about the municipality of Magdalena Peñasco

Location of Magdalena Peñasco

The municipality of Magdalena Peñasco is located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca México

Population of Magdalena Peñasco

The overall population of the municipality named Magdalena Peñasco is 3461 citizens, 1625 males and 1836 females.

Age distribution

The population of Magdalena Peñasco is divided into 1627 minors and 1834 adults, with 304 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Magdalena Peñasco

3451 people in Magdalena Peñasco live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 2913 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 418 and 2369 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 40 citizens of Magdalena Peñasco.

Economic situation

In Magdalena Peñasco about 756 households are registered.

757 of these households are common houses or apartments, 460 are without floor and about 75 consist of one room only.

716 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 526 are connected to the public water supply, 668 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 35 own a washing machine and 115 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Magdalena Peñasco

Besides the 804 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 36 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

680 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1041 persons did not finish the school. 222 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 71 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 122 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.