Cotzinga - Puebla

Facts about Cotzinga

Location of Cotzinga

Cotzinga is located in the municipality of Zoquitlán in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.021944
Latitude (dec): 18.349722

Height over sea level of Cotzinga

The locations medium height over sea level is 2140 meters.

Population in Cotzinga

The over all population of Cotzinga is 118 persons, 49 of them are male and 69 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 50 minors and 68 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cotzinga

117 inhabitants of the location Cotzinga in Mexico live in indigenous households. 99 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 36 people, while 63 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 71 citizens of Cotzinga.

Economic situation

In Cotzinga exist about 32 households.

Of these households 32 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

32 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 30 are connected to the public water supply, 30 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 15 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cotzinga

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

44 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 25 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.