Santa Cruz (San Simón Zahuatlán, Oaxaca)

The most complete information about the medium-sized town of Santa Cruz (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 243 inhabitants?

The town of Santa Cruz is located in the Municipality of San Simón Zahuatlán (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 243 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #7 of the ranking. Santa Cruz is at 1,958 meters of altitude.

Data: In Santa Cruz, 45% of the population over 12 years is single and 0% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of Santa Cruz? You can find it at 0.3 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of San Simón Zahuatlán, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the Santa Cruz location through satellite images, at the bottom of our webpage you have an interactive map.

#1 Where is Santa Cruz? How to get there? Map

Online map of Santa Cruz in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on Map marker

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#2 The population of Santa Cruz (Oaxaca) is 243 inhabitants

Population data in Santa Cruz (San Simón Zahuatlán, Oaxaca)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020128115243
2010113104217
20059677173
Evolution of the population in Santa Cruz: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in Santa Cruz:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.2919.23
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca:2.88%4.15%
Illiterate population:23.87%29.03%
Illiterate population (men):9.05%19.23%
Illiterate population (women):14.81%38.05%
Schooling level:3.081.82
Schooling level (men):3.462.62
Schooling level (women):2.751.06
Indigenous culture data in Santa Cruz:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:100.00%100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:83.95%82.49%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:26.34%41.47%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Santa Cruz, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Oaxaca, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of San Simón Zahuatlán (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Santa Cruz:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:13.99%14.29%
Employed population over 12 years (men):18.26%15.38%
Employed population over 12 years (women):10.16%13.27%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:3330
Homes with electricity:96.97%100.00%
Housing with piped water:93.94%86.36%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:12.12%68.18%
Dwellings with radio:30.30%40.91%
Housing with television:72.73%72.73%
Housing with refrigerator:24.24%13.64%
Housing with washing machine:0.00%9.09%
Housing with automobile:15.15%18.18%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:0.00%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:51.52%31.82%
Homes with Internet:0.00%4.55%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Santa Cruz (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 Santa Cruz

Amazing satellite GPS maps of Santa Cruz, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of San Simón Zahuatlán. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Santa Cruz.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Santa Cruz

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

#5 Population pyramid of Santa Cruz (Oaxaca)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz there is a generational replacement.

Population pyramid of Santa Cruz
Data of the age pyramid of the town Santa Cruz (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)232144
Youth (6-14 years)333164
Adults (15-59 years)6253115
Elderly (60+ years)101020

#6 Photos of Santa Cruz

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Santa Cruz? 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 Santa Cruz.

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#9 Other towns in the Municipality of San Simón Zahuatlán

  1. Barrio Juquilita (321 inhabitants)
  2. Cañada del Tecolote (327 inhabitants)
  3. 5 de Mayo (604 inhabitants)
  4. Guadalupe Sabino (Barrio el Sabino) (379 inhabitants)
  5. La Colmena (379 inhabitants)
  6. La Salud (206 inhabitants)
  7. Las Tres Cruces (251 inhabitants)
  8. Rancho Nuevo (111 inhabitants)
  9. San Miguel (318 inhabitants)
  10. San Simón Zahuatlán (1648 inhabitants)
  11. Santa Cruz (243 inhabitants)
  12. Tierra Colorada (153 inhabitants)