La Garita - San Luis Potosí

Facts about La Garita

Location of La Garita

La Garita is located in the municipality of Axtla de Terrazas in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.913333
Latitude (dec): 21.385278

Height over sea level of La Garita

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in La Garita

The over all population of La Garita is 518 persons, 260 of them are male and 258 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 298 minors and 220 adults, with 31 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Garita

468 inhabitants of the location La Garita in Mexico live in indigenous households. 379 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 5 people, while 374 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of La Garita.

Economic situation

In La Garita exist about 81 households.

Of these households 88 are common houses or apartments, 75 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

78 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 77 are connected to the public water supply, 74 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 44 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Garita

Besides the 44 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

25 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 159 persons did not finish the school. 65 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.