Bacalar - Quintana Roo

Facts about Bacalar

Location of Bacalar

Bacalar is located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.395278
Latitude (dec): 18.676944

Height over sea level of Bacalar

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Bacalar

The over all population of Bacalar is 9833 persons, 4783 of them are male and 5050 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4222 minors and 5611 adults, with 671 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Bacalar

3842 inhabitants of the location Bacalar in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1482 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 11 people, while 1439 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4609 citizens of Bacalar.

Economic situation

In Bacalar exist about 2214 households.

Of these households 2231 are common houses or apartments, 342 are without floor and about 439 consist of one room only.

2088 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2060 are connected to the public water supply, 2127 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 366 households to own a computer, 1534 own a washing machine and 1947 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Bacalar

Besides the 628 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 63 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

652 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2064 persons did not finish the school. 1433 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2063 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1048 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.