Petatlán - Guerrero

Facts about Petatlán

Location of Petatlán

Petatlán is located in the municipality of Petatlán in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.273889
Latitude (dec): 17.538333

Height over sea level of Petatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 57 meters.

Population in Petatlán

The over all population of Petatlán is 20720 persons, 10109 of them are male and 10611 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 8819 minors and 11901 adults, with 1830 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Petatlán

290 inhabitants of the location Petatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 123 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 107 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5347 citizens of Petatlán.

Economic situation

In Petatlán exist about 5103 households.

Of these households 5064 are common houses or apartments, 755 are without floor and about 1158 consist of one room only.

4475 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4756 are connected to the public water supply, 4909 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 446 households to own a computer, 2702 own a washing machine and 4593 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Petatlán

Besides the 1818 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 246 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2092 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4825 persons did not finish the school. 2397 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3795 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1542 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.