Popocatzin - Guerrero

Facts about Popocatzin

Location of Popocatzin

Popocatzin is located in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.021667
Latitude (dec): 17.376944

Height over sea level of Popocatzin

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in Popocatzin

The over all population of Popocatzin is 471 persons, 228 of them are male and 243 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 269 minors and 202 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Popocatzin

471 inhabitants of the location Popocatzin in Mexico live in indigenous households. 379 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 144 people, while 225 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Popocatzin.

Economic situation

In Popocatzin exist about 77 households.

Of these households 77 are common houses or apartments, 71 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

1 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 67 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 3 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Popocatzin

Besides the 163 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

162 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 57 persons did not finish the school. 4 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 1 years.