Tlacotepec - Guerrero

Facts about Tlacotepec

Location of Tlacotepec

Tlacotepec is located in the municipality of General Heliodoro Castillo in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.978333
Latitude (dec): 17.790278

Height over sea level of Tlacotepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1540 meters.

Population in Tlacotepec

The over all population of Tlacotepec is 6158 persons, 2936 of them are male and 3222 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3179 minors and 2979 adults, with 503 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tlacotepec

17 inhabitants of the location Tlacotepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 10 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 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 374 citizens of Tlacotepec.

Economic situation

In Tlacotepec exist about 1215 households.

Of these households 1216 are common houses or apartments, 383 are without floor and about 135 consist of one room only.

966 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 912 are connected to the public water supply, 1180 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 51 households to own a computer, 195 own a washing machine and 1015 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tlacotepec

Besides the 510 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 75 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

508 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1592 persons did not finish the school. 661 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 703 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 490 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.