Palmar - Quintana Roo

Facts about Palmar

Location of Palmar

Palmar is located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.530556
Latitude (dec): 18.446667

Height over sea level of Palmar

The locations medium height over sea level is 50 meters.

Population in Palmar

The over all population of Palmar is 955 persons, 499 of them are male and 456 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 371 minors and 584 adults, with 80 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palmar

100 inhabitants of the location Palmar in Mexico live in indigenous households. 35 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 27 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 329 citizens of Palmar.

Economic situation

In Palmar exist about 228 households.

Of these households 229 are common houses or apartments, 52 are without floor and about 54 consist of one room only.

197 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 218 are connected to the public water supply, 215 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 142 own a washing machine and 194 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palmar

Besides the 84 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

79 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 349 persons did not finish the school. 130 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 75 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 57 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.