Mezquite Gordo - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Mezquite Gordo

Location of Mezquite Gordo

Mezquite Gordo is located in the municipality of José Sixto Verduzco in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.527222
Latitude (dec): 20.282222

Height over sea level of Mezquite Gordo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1690 meters.

Population in Mezquite Gordo

The over all population of Mezquite Gordo is 442 persons, 195 of them are male and 247 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 142 minors and 300 adults, with 99 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mezquite Gordo

5 inhabitants of the location Mezquite Gordo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 15 citizens of Mezquite Gordo.

Economic situation

In Mezquite Gordo exist about 124 households.

Of these households 124 are common houses or apartments, 4 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

118 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 122 are connected to the public water supply, 123 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 74 own a washing machine and 118 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mezquite Gordo

Besides the 66 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

73 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 164 persons did not finish the school. 45 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 32 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.