Cihuatlán - Jalisco

Facts about Cihuatlán

Location of Cihuatlán

Cihuatlán is located in the municipality of Cihuatlán in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.561944
Latitude (dec): 19.237500

Height over sea level of Cihuatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Cihuatlán

The over all population of Cihuatlán is 15392 persons, 7597 of them are male and 7795 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 6265 minors and 9127 adults, with 1293 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cihuatlán

79 inhabitants of the location Cihuatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 45 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 36 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6742 citizens of Cihuatlán.

Economic situation

In Cihuatlán exist about 3889 households.

Of these households 3839 are common houses or apartments, 322 are without floor and about 329 consist of one room only.

3537 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3598 are connected to the public water supply, 3685 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 408 households to own a computer, 2612 own a washing machine and 3532 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cihuatlán

Besides the 940 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 230 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

945 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4837 persons did not finish the school. 2039 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2150 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 867 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.