Castaños - Coahuila de Zaragoza

Facts about Castaños

Location of Castaños

Castaños is located in the municipality of Castaños in the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.430556
Latitude (dec): 26.785278

Height over sea level of Castaños

The locations medium height over sea level is 750 meters.

Population in Castaños

The over all population of Castaños is 21256 persons, 10408 of them are male and 10848 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 8131 minors and 13125 adults, with 1677 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Castaños

70 inhabitants of the location Castaños in Mexico live in indigenous households. 25 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 0 people, while 23 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 17434 citizens of Castaños.

Economic situation

In Castaños exist about 5380 households.

Of these households 5309 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 188 consist of one room only.

5164 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4884 are connected to the public water supply, 5217 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 680 households to own a computer, 4331 own a washing machine and 5147 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Castaños

Besides the 314 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 128 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

466 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4880 persons did not finish the school. 4644 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4305 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1511 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.