Ocotillo - Guerrero

Facts about Ocotillo

Location of Ocotillo

Ocotillo is located in the municipality of Coyuca de Benítez in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.875833
Latitude (dec): 17.036111

Height over sea level of Ocotillo

The locations medium height over sea level is 700 meters.

Population in Ocotillo

The over all population of Ocotillo is 1041 persons, 518 of them are male and 523 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 480 minors and 561 adults, with 141 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ocotillo

4 inhabitants of the location Ocotillo 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 134 citizens of Ocotillo.

Economic situation

In Ocotillo exist about 246 households.

Of these households 246 are common houses or apartments, 127 are without floor and about 70 consist of one room only.

107 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 210 are connected to the public water supply, 236 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 31 own a washing machine and 200 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ocotillo

Besides the 157 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 14 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

149 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 296 persons did not finish the school. 96 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 80 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 58 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.