Las Balsas - Puebla

Facts about Las Balsas

Location of Las Balsas

Las Balsas is located in the municipality of Francisco Z. Mena in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.783611
Latitude (dec): 20.703889

Height over sea level of Las Balsas

The locations medium height over sea level is 240 meters.

Population in Las Balsas

The over all population of Las Balsas is 577 persons, 270 of them are male and 307 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 221 minors and 356 adults, with 114 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Balsas

432 inhabitants of the location Las Balsas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 286 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 1 people, while 278 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 114 citizens of Las Balsas.

Economic situation

In Las Balsas exist about 159 households.

Of these households 159 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

158 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 10 are connected to the public water supply, 146 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 121 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Balsas

Besides the 107 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

104 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 179 persons did not finish the school. 69 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 40 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 30 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.