El Mezquital - Hidalgo

Facts about El Mezquital

Location of El Mezquital

El Mezquital is located in the municipality of Santiago de Anaya in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.021389
Latitude (dec): 20.373333

Height over sea level of El Mezquital

The locations medium height over sea level is 1940 meters.

Population in El Mezquital

The over all population of El Mezquital is 724 persons, 355 of them are male and 369 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 317 minors and 407 adults, with 56 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mezquital

629 inhabitants of the location El Mezquital in Mexico live in indigenous households. 310 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 4 people, while 304 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 301 citizens of El Mezquital.

Economic situation

In El Mezquital exist about 179 households.

Of these households 176 are common houses or apartments, 23 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

153 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 175 are connected to the public water supply, 175 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 56 own a washing machine and 160 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mezquital

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

26 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 257 persons did not finish the school. 135 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 41 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 55 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.