El Silencio - Baja California Sur

Facts about El Silencio

Location of El Silencio

El Silencio is located in the municipality of Mulegé in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -113.294444
Latitude (dec): 27.466389

Height over sea level of El Silencio

The locations medium height over sea level is 87 meters.

Population in El Silencio

The over all population of El Silencio is 1143 persons, 704 of them are male and 439 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 474 minors and 669 adults, with 8 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Silencio

489 inhabitants of the location El Silencio in Mexico live in indigenous households. 382 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 1 people, while 324 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 711 citizens of El Silencio.

Economic situation

In El Silencio exist about 268 households.

Of these households 268 are common houses or apartments, 70 are without floor and about 129 consist of one room only.

140 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 183 are connected to the public water supply, 236 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 22 own a washing machine and 198 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Silencio

Besides the 163 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

159 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 445 persons did not finish the school. 101 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 70 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 38 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.