La Palma - Guanajuato

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Silao in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.443056
Latitude (dec): 20.898611

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 1760 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 512 persons, 246 of them are male and 266 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 213 minors and 299 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 223 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 91 households.

Of these households 81 are common houses or apartments, 33 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

47 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 79 are connected to the public water supply, 79 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 38 own a washing machine and 74 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 36 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 0 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 180 persons did not finish the school. 63 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 37 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 5 years.