Mazunte - Oaxaca

Facts about Mazunte

Location of Mazunte

Mazunte is located in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.553611
Latitude (dec): 15.667500

Height over sea level of Mazunte

The locations medium height over sea level is 30 meters.

Population in Mazunte

The over all population of Mazunte is 702 persons, 357 of them are male and 345 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 307 minors and 395 adults, with 42 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mazunte

210 inhabitants of the location Mazunte in Mexico live in indigenous households. 68 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 64 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 92 citizens of Mazunte.

Economic situation

In Mazunte exist about 170 households.

Of these households 159 are common houses or apartments, 42 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

148 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 132 are connected to the public water supply, 141 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 13 households to own a computer, 58 own a washing machine and 120 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mazunte

Besides the 71 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

76 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 178 persons did not finish the school. 87 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 107 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 43 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.