Tafetán - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Tafetán

Location of Tafetán

Tafetán is located in the municipality of Tzitzio in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.908056
Latitude (dec): 19.418611

Height over sea level of Tafetán

The locations medium height over sea level is 900 meters.

Population in Tafetán

The over all population of Tafetán is 1715 persons, 829 of them are male and 886 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 769 minors and 946 adults, with 271 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tafetán

7 inhabitants of the location Tafetán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 8 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 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 61 citizens of Tafetán.

Economic situation

In Tafetán exist about 384 households.

Of these households 378 are common houses or apartments, 71 are without floor and about 23 consist of one room only.

329 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 364 are connected to the public water supply, 346 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 11 households to own a computer, 173 own a washing machine and 279 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tafetán

Besides the 276 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

339 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 444 persons did not finish the school. 169 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 117 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 84 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.