Cobá - Quintana Roo

Facts about Cobá

Location of Cobá

Cobá is located in the municipality of Solidaridad in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -87.736111
Latitude (dec): 20.494722

Height over sea level of Cobá

The locations medium height over sea level is 15 meters.

Population in Cobá

The over all population of Cobá is 1167 persons, 608 of them are male and 559 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 555 minors and 612 adults, with 47 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cobá

1088 inhabitants of the location Cobá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 834 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 51 people, while 727 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 138 citizens of Cobá.

Economic situation

In Cobá exist about 213 households.

Of these households 206 are common houses or apartments, 73 are without floor and about 42 consist of one room only.

138 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 194 are connected to the public water supply, 198 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 30 households to own a computer, 128 own a washing machine and 165 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cobá

Besides the 173 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

124 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 259 persons did not finish the school. 153 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 124 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 89 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.