La Cantera - Nayarit

Facts about La Cantera

Location of La Cantera

La Cantera is located in the municipality of Tepic in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.821944
Latitude (dec): 21.501667

Height over sea level of La Cantera

The locations medium height over sea level is 960 meters.

Population in La Cantera

The over all population of La Cantera is 1120 persons, 563 of them are male and 557 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 458 minors and 662 adults, with 88 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Cantera

55 inhabitants of the location La Cantera in Mexico live in indigenous households. 28 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 26 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 586 citizens of La Cantera.

Economic situation

In La Cantera exist about 282 households.

Of these households 281 are common houses or apartments, 19 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

254 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 267 are connected to the public water supply, 273 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 11 households to own a computer, 180 own a washing machine and 259 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Cantera

Besides the 40 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

45 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 331 persons did not finish the school. 232 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 125 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 50 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.