Chihuahua - Chihuahua

Facts about Chihuahua

Location of Chihuahua

Chihuahua is located in the municipality of Chihuahua in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -106.088889
Latitude (dec): 28.635278

Height over sea level of Chihuahua

The locations medium height over sea level is 1561 meters.

Population in Chihuahua

The over all population of Chihuahua is 748518 persons, 363814 of them are male and 384704 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 287173 minors and 461345 adults, with 59656 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chihuahua

9087 inhabitants of the location Chihuahua in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4842 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 45 people, while 4495 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 516646 citizens of Chihuahua.

Economic situation

In Chihuahua exist about 196955 households.

Of these households 205369 are common houses or apartments, 2138 are without floor and about 5900 consist of one room only.

190470 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 189416 are connected to the public water supply, 192067 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 65914 households to own a computer, 174048 own a washing machine and 190875 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chihuahua

Besides the 7863 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2935 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

10568 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 152236 persons did not finish the school. 110511 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 218583 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 67308 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 10 years.