Hueycantenango - Guerrero

Facts about Hueycantenango

Location of Hueycantenango

Hueycantenango is located in the municipality of José Joaquín de Herrera in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.023611
Latitude (dec): 17.448333

Height over sea level of Hueycantenango

The locations medium height over sea level is 1640 meters.

Population in Hueycantenango

The over all population of Hueycantenango is 1542 persons, 745 of them are male and 797 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 717 minors and 825 adults, with 131 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Hueycantenango

1426 inhabitants of the location Hueycantenango in Mexico live in indigenous households. 854 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 64 people, while 778 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 79 citizens of Hueycantenango.

Economic situation

In Hueycantenango exist about 322 households.

Of these households 320 are common houses or apartments, 180 are without floor and about 107 consist of one room only.

222 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 12 are connected to the public water supply, 298 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 197 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Hueycantenango

Besides the 375 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

349 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 249 persons did not finish the school. 144 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 169 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 117 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.