La Purísima - Durango

Facts about La Purísima

Location of La Purísima

La Purísima is located in the municipality of Cuencamé in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.796111
Latitude (dec): 24.248333

Height over sea level of La Purísima

The locations medium height over sea level is 2210 meters.

Population in La Purísima

The over all population of La Purísima is 655 persons, 326 of them are male and 329 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 251 minors and 404 adults, with 106 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 20 citizens of La Purísima.

Economic situation

In La Purísima exist about 178 households.

Of these households 176 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

120 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 174 are connected to the public water supply, 172 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 125 own a washing machine and 168 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Purísima

Besides the 31 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 297 persons did not finish the school. 75 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 48 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.