Cárdenas - Guanajuato

Facts about Cárdenas

Location of Cárdenas

Cárdenas is located in the municipality of Salamanca in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.220000
Latitude (dec): 20.631667

Height over sea level of Cárdenas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1720 meters.

Population in Cárdenas

The over all population of Cárdenas is 2771 persons, 1250 of them are male and 1521 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1023 minors and 1748 adults, with 294 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cárdenas

4 inhabitants of the location Cárdenas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1676 citizens of Cárdenas.

Economic situation

In Cárdenas exist about 705 households.

Of these households 686 are common houses or apartments, 32 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

662 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 681 are connected to the public water supply, 677 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 121 households to own a computer, 542 own a washing machine and 668 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cárdenas

Besides the 281 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

315 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 746 persons did not finish the school. 389 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 444 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 204 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.