Contreras - Durango

Facts about Contreras

Location of Contreras

Contreras is located in the municipality of Durango in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.558333
Latitude (dec): 24.038611

Height over sea level of Contreras

The locations medium height over sea level is 1860 meters.

Population in Contreras

The over all population of Contreras is 958 persons, 456 of them are male and 502 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 429 minors and 529 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Contreras

13 inhabitants of the location Contreras in Mexico live in indigenous households. 6 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 5 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 275 citizens of Contreras.

Economic situation

In Contreras exist about 224 households.

Of these households 225 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

175 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 214 are connected to the public water supply, 209 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 13 households to own a computer, 116 own a washing machine and 208 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Contreras

Besides the 52 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 14 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

51 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 367 persons did not finish the school. 131 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 34 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.