Huixtepec - Guerrero

Facts about Huixtepec

Location of Huixtepec

Huixtepec is located in the municipality of Ometepec in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.304722
Latitude (dec): 16.653333

Height over sea level of Huixtepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 360 meters.

Population in Huixtepec

The over all population of Huixtepec is 3248 persons, 1603 of them are male and 1645 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1758 minors and 1490 adults, with 212 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Huixtepec

2696 inhabitants of the location Huixtepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2100 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 60 people, while 1899 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1655 citizens of Huixtepec.

Economic situation

In Huixtepec exist about 594 households.

Of these households 587 are common houses or apartments, 503 are without floor and about 167 consist of one room only.

129 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 452 are connected to the public water supply, 543 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 8 households to own a computer, 13 own a washing machine and 347 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Huixtepec

Besides the 760 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 49 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

707 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 715 persons did not finish the school. 124 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 177 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 240 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.