Silao - Guanajuato

Facts about Silao

Location of Silao

Silao is located in the municipality of Silao in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.426667
Latitude (dec): 20.943611

Height over sea level of Silao

The locations medium height over sea level is 1780 meters.

Population in Silao

The over all population of Silao is 66483 persons, 32078 of them are male and 34405 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 27212 minors and 39271 adults, with 4609 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Silao

218 inhabitants of the location Silao in Mexico live in indigenous households. 95 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 89 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 38447 citizens of Silao.

Economic situation

In Silao exist about 14200 households.

Of these households 13098 are common houses or apartments, 635 are without floor and about 386 consist of one room only.

12488 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 12179 are connected to the public water supply, 12615 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2203 households to own a computer, 10216 own a washing machine and 12427 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Silao

Besides the 3262 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 751 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

3637 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 17025 persons did not finish the school. 9148 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12637 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 4273 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.