Cochoapa - Guerrero

Facts about Cochoapa

Location of Cochoapa

Cochoapa is located in the municipality of Ometepec in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.374444
Latitude (dec): 16.721389

Height over sea level of Cochoapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 400 meters.

Population in Cochoapa

The over all population of Cochoapa is 4261 persons, 2050 of them are male and 2211 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2053 minors and 2208 adults, with 266 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cochoapa

3152 inhabitants of the location Cochoapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2106 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 129 people, while 1924 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 855 citizens of Cochoapa.

Economic situation

In Cochoapa exist about 858 households.

Of these households 842 are common houses or apartments, 370 are without floor and about 225 consist of one room only.

475 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 427 are connected to the public water supply, 774 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 49 households to own a computer, 38 own a washing machine and 636 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cochoapa

Besides the 654 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 46 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

600 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 715 persons did not finish the school. 343 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 810 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 441 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.