Santo Tomás de Arriba (San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca)
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The place of Santo Tomás de Arriba is inside the municipality of San Dionisio Ocotepec (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 556 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #3 of the whole municipality. Santo Tomás de Arriba is at 2,141 meters of altitude.
Data: In Santo Tomás de Arriba, 90% of the inhabitants are catholic and 28% of the dwellings are equipped with a washing machine. At the bottom of this page you will find more information.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that Santo Tomás de Arriba is located at 17.1 kilometers (in direction East) from the locality of San Dionisio Ocotepec, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of Santo Tomás de Arriba.
#1 Where is Santo Tomás de Arriba? How to go? Map
Location map of Santo Tomás de Arriba in Oaxaca: Use the controls in the upper left area to zoom in (+) or out (-). This is a satellite photo centered in Santo Tomás de Arriba, which is marked with the following symbol 
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#2 The population of Santo Tomás de Arriba (Oaxaca) is 556 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 286 | 270 | 556 |
| 2010 | 314 | 299 | 613 |
| 2005 | 295 | 261 | 556 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.21 | 13.71 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.54% | 0.65% |
| Illiterate population: | 15.47% | 16.48% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 5.22% | 13.71% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 10.25% | 19.11% |
| Schooling level: | 5.94 | 5.16 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.15 | 5.21 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.74 | 5.10 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 99.10% | 98.53% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 77.16% | 85.48% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 2.88% | 2.94% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of San Dionisio Ocotepec (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 56.65% | 38.83% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 69.26% | 62.21% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 44.76% | 16.56% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 155 | 234 |
| Homes with electricity: | 98.06% | 99.33% |
| Housing with piped water: | 99.35% | 84.56% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 9.68% | 99.33% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 65.81% | 84.56% |
| Housing with television: | 70.32% | 55.03% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 43.87% | 36.91% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 28.39% | 9.40% |
| Housing with automobile: | 14.19% | 12.75% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.65% | 1.34% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 32.90% | 30.87% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 36.77% | 3.36% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.65% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Santo Tomás de Arriba
With the satellite map of Santo Tomás de Arriba will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of San Dionisio Ocotepec. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Santo Tomás de Arriba.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Santo Tomás de Arriba
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Santo Tomás de Arriba, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Santo Tomás de Arriba so you can contact them.:- HOTEL RINCON: 25 km away, direction North (21 minutes by car)
- CASA DE HUÉSPEDES: 28 km away, direction Northwest (23 minutes by car)
- HOTEL EL PEDREGAL: 27 km away, direction Northwest (19 minutes by car)
- RENTA DE CUARTO: 27 km away, direction Northwest (20 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Santo Tomás de Arriba (Oaxaca)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of Santo Tomás de Arriba 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 Santo Tomás de Arriba there is a generational replacement.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 37 | 29 | 66 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 32 | 33 | 65 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 158 | 144 | 302 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 59 | 64 | 123 |
#6 Photos of Santo Tomás de Arriba
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Santo Tomás de Arriba? 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 Santo Tomás de Arriba.
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#7 The Postal Code of Santo Tomás de Arriba (Oaxaca) is 70495
Are you going to send a letter to Santo Tomás de Arriba? Do you have a friend in Santo Tomás de Arriba and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Santo Tomás de Arriba consists of the following 5 digits: 70495. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Santo Tomás de Arriba ("70") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
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- Agua Santa (31 inhabitants)
- Barrio 3 de Mayo (129 inhabitants)
- Buenavista (63 inhabitants)
- Colonia Libertad (160 inhabitants)
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- Las Carretas (8 inhabitants)
- Las Flores (34 inhabitants)
- Las Milpas (Zapoteca Nizayul) (96 inhabitants)
- Linda Vista (2 inhabitants)
- Loech (2 inhabitants)
- Los Guajes (15 inhabitants)
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