Turícuaro - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Turícuaro

Location of Turícuaro

Turícuaro is located in the municipality of Nahuatzen in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.939722
Latitude (dec): 19.570833

Height over sea level of Turícuaro

The locations medium height over sea level is 2340 meters.

Population in Turícuaro

The over all population of Turícuaro is 3025 persons, 1456 of them are male and 1569 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1380 minors and 1645 adults, with 268 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Turícuaro

2982 inhabitants of the location Turícuaro in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2591 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 757 people, while 1788 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 58 citizens of Turícuaro.

Economic situation

In Turícuaro exist about 621 households.

Of these households 481 are common houses or apartments, 327 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

461 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 392 are connected to the public water supply, 419 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 245 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Turícuaro

Besides the 853 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 58 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

832 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 624 persons did not finish the school. 183 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 145 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 156 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.