Samachique - Chihuahua

Facts about Samachique

Location of Samachique

Samachique is located in the municipality of Guachochi in the Mexican state of Chihuahua with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -107.540278
Latitude (dec): 27.301389

Height over sea level of Samachique

The locations medium height over sea level is 2144 meters.

Population in Samachique

The over all population of Samachique is 1115 persons, 558 of them are male and 557 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 536 minors and 579 adults, with 35 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Samachique

906 inhabitants of the location Samachique in Mexico live in indigenous households. 695 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 63 people, while 626 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 86 citizens of Samachique.

Economic situation

In Samachique exist about 226 households.

Of these households 229 are common houses or apartments, 72 are without floor and about 40 consist of one room only.

194 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 82 are connected to the public water supply, 191 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 31 own a washing machine and 173 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Samachique

Besides the 109 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

89 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 314 persons did not finish the school. 92 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 153 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 80 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.