Cerro Prieto - Oaxaca

Facts about Cerro Prieto

Location of Cerro Prieto

Cerro Prieto is located in the municipality of Santa Cruz Tacahua in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.437778
Latitude (dec): 16.913333

Height over sea level of Cerro Prieto

The locations medium height over sea level is 1470 meters.

Population in Cerro Prieto

The over all population of Cerro Prieto is 337 persons, 162 of them are male and 175 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 165 minors and 172 adults, with 39 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerro Prieto

131 inhabitants of the location Cerro Prieto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 51 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 5 people, while 44 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Cerro Prieto.

Economic situation

In Cerro Prieto exist about 69 households.

Of these households 69 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

69 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 28 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 11 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerro Prieto

Besides the 47 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

34 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 135 persons did not finish the school. 18 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.