Santa María la Alta - Puebla

Facts about Santa María la Alta

Location of Santa María la Alta

Santa María la Alta is located in the municipality of Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.657222
Latitude (dec): 18.600556

Height over sea level of Santa María la Alta

The locations medium height over sea level is 1950 meters.

Population in Santa María la Alta

The over all population of Santa María la Alta is 6198 persons, 2967 of them are male and 3231 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3062 minors and 3136 adults, with 378 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María la Alta

3242 inhabitants of the location Santa María la Alta in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1273 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 1242 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 103 citizens of Santa María la Alta.

Economic situation

In Santa María la Alta exist about 1271 households.

Of these households 1185 are common houses or apartments, 305 are without floor and about 238 consist of one room only.

1080 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1157 are connected to the public water supply, 1159 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 13 households to own a computer, 286 own a washing machine and 911 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María la Alta

Besides the 970 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 203 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

833 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2169 persons did not finish the school. 369 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 213 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 176 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.