Yerba Santa (Oaxaca)
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The town of Yerba Santa (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of Santa María Tonameca. There are 299 inhabitants and it is 178 meters altitude. It's a beach town: the beach of Playa La Ventanilla is 22 km away. The Magical Town of Mazunte is 28 minutes away by car (21 km). It is the most populated town in the position #23 of the whole municipality.
Data: In Yerba Santa, 22% of individuals have completed secondary education and 3% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that Yerba Santa is located at 10.8 kilometers (in direction Southwest) from the locality of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Santa María Tonameca) it is at 9.4 kilometers in direction East. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of Yerba Santa.
#1 Where is Yerba Santa? How to go? Map
Online map of Yerba Santa in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of Yerba Santa (Oaxaca) is 299 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 137 | 162 | 299 |
| 2010 | 139 | 139 | 278 |
| 2005 | 133 | 114 | 247 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.91 | 11.51 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 1.00% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 8.36% | 14.75% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 4.01% | 11.51% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 4.35% | 17.99% |
| Schooling level: | 5.19 | 4.26 |
| Schooling level (men): | 5.2 | 4.23 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.18 | 4.29 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 97.32% | 97.48% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 62.54% | 70.14% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 1.00% | 2.16% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Santa María Tonameca (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 39.46% | 15.83% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 58.64% | 28.78% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 16.79% | 2.88% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 75 | 64 |
| Homes with electricity: | 93.33% | 85.25% |
| Homes with piped water: | 98.67% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 37.33% | 95.08% |
| Homes with a radio: | 33.33% | 52.46% |
| Homes with a television: | 33.33% | 32.79% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 40.00% | 32.79% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 4.00% | 1.64% |
| Homes with a car: | 2.67% | 3.28% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 2.67% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 1.64% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 16.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 1.33% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Yerba Santa
With the satellite map of Yerba Santa 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 Santa María Tonameca. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Yerba Santa.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Yerba Santa
Do you want to stay in Yerba Santa? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Yerba Santa:- AUTO HOTEL LUNA LLENA: 15 km away, direction Southeast (12 minutes by car)
- MOTEL EXPRESS: 17 km away, direction West (15 minutes by car)
- SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA EL SANTUARIO DE LA TORTUGA ESCOBIL: 20 km away, direction Southwest (16 minutes by car)
- EL SANTUARIO: 17 km away, direction Southwest (12 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Yerba Santa
A weekend in Yerba Santa and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in Yerba Santa and surroundings to find the best destinations.Beaches in Yerba Santa for sunbathing:
- Playa La Ventanilla: A 22 km walk (216 minutes) or 28 minutes by car, heading Southeast.
- Cerro El Convento (398 meters): 3.0 km walk (44 minutes), heading Southeast.
- Cerro Las Pilas (463 meters): 4.4 km walk (64 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro El Faisán (392 meters): 7.4 km walk (105 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro La Campana (765 meters): 11.6 km walk (199 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Mazunte (Oaxaca): Don't miss "La Ventanilla", 28 km, heading Southeast (21 minutes by car)
- Yerba Santa (829 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the North (3 minutes by car)
- Agua Dulce (93 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (3 minutes by car)
- Las Pilas (647 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Northwest (7 minutes by car)
- Charco de Agua (312 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southwest (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of Yerba Santa (Oaxaca)
In Yerba Santa there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of Yerba Santa, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 83 | 90 | 173 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 12 | 19 | 31 |
#7 Pictures of Yerba Santa
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Yerba Santa? 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 pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like Yerba Santa.
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#8 The Postal Code of Yerba Santa (Oaxaca) is 70947
Are you going to send a letter to Yerba Santa? Do you have a friend in Yerba Santa and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Yerba Santa consists of the following 5 digits: 70947. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Yerba Santa ("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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#10 Schools in Yerba Santa
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Santa María Tonameca
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