Colón - Querétaro Arteaga

Facts about Colón

Location of Colón

Colón is located in the municipality of Colón in the Mexican state of Querétaro Arteaga with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.045833
Latitude (dec): 20.786389

Height over sea level of Colón

The locations medium height over sea level is 1900 meters.

Population in Colón

The over all population of Colón is 6473 persons, 3140 of them are male and 3333 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2628 minors and 3845 adults, with 565 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Colón

50 inhabitants of the location Colón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 22 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 22 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1515 citizens of Colón.

Economic situation

In Colón exist about 1438 households.

Of these households 1337 are common houses or apartments, 101 are without floor and about 92 consist of one room only.

1267 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1303 are connected to the public water supply, 1311 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 176 households to own a computer, 672 own a washing machine and 1273 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Colón

Besides the 434 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 39 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

537 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1744 persons did not finish the school. 867 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1107 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 500 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.