El Mosco (Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca)

The most complete information about the large village of El Mosco (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 683 inhabitants?

The place of El Mosco is inside the municipality of Santiago Ixtayutla (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 683 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #8 of the ranking. El Mosco is at 762 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Mosco, there is a percentage of 100% of indigenous population and 40% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on El Mosco? They are at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of El Mosco? You can find it at 2.6 kilometers, in direction North, from the town of Santiago Ixtayutla, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Mosco through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

#1 Where is El Mosco? How to go? Map

Online map of El Mosco (Oaxaca) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of El Mosco (Oaxaca) is 683 inhabitants

Population data in El Mosco (Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020367316683
2010287278565
2005323340663
Evolution of the population in El Mosco: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Mosco:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.4727.34
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca:0.00%0.00%
Illiterate population:25.77%34.34%
Illiterate population (men):9.08%27.34%
Illiterate population (women):16.69%41.11%
Schooling level:4.42.84
Schooling level (men):4.93.41
Schooling level (women):3.982.35
Indigenous culture data in El Mosco:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:99.71%100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:87.55%86.19%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:55.78%76.99%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Mosco, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Oaxaca, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Mosco:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:31.63%20.88%
Employed population over 12 years (men):53.48%38.49%
Employed population over 12 years (women):12.81%3.83%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:142143
Homes with electricity:85.21%82.05%
Housing with piped water:86.62%67.52%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:19.72%96.58%
Dwellings with radio:0.70%13.68%
Housing with television:29.58%28.21%
Housing with refrigerator:14.79%25.64%
Housing with washing machine:2.11%0.00%
Housing with automobile:1.41%1.71%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.70%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:18.31%16.24%
Dwellings with cellular phones:40.14%0.00%
Homes with Internet:8.45%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Mosco (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Oaxaca, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Mosco

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Mosco, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Santiago Ixtayutla. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Mosco.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Mosco

Do you want to stay in El Mosco? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Mosco:

#5 Population pyramid of El Mosco (Oaxaca)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Mosco by age and sex, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Mosco there is a generational replacement.

Population pyramid of El Mosco
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Mosco (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)404888
Youth (6-14 years)7562137
Adults (15-59 years)226186412
Elderly (60+ years)262046

#6 Photos of El Mosco

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Mosco? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Mosco.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Mosco (Oaxaca) is 71735

Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Mosco so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 71735. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Mosco ("71") correspond to the State of Oaxaca, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.

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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Santiago Ixtayutla

  1. Buenavista (355 inhabitants)
  2. Corral de Piedra (264 inhabitants)
  3. El Coyul (7 inhabitants)
  4. El Naranjo (74 inhabitants)
  5. La Cuchara (329 inhabitants)
  6. La Humedad (1592 inhabitants)
  7. Las Limas (49 inhabitants)
  8. Macahuite (151 inhabitants)
  9. Macahuite Nuevo (68 inhabitants)
  10. Nusutia (2 inhabitants)
  11. Nuyucu (130 inhabitants)
  12. Pueblo Viejo (761 inhabitants)
  13. San Lucas Atoyaquillo (178 inhabitants)
  14. Tierra Blanca (120 inhabitants)
  15. Xiniyuba (1268 inhabitants)