El Mezquite - San Luis Potosí

Facts about El Mezquite

Location of El Mezquite

El Mezquite is located in the municipality of Matehuala in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.588056
Latitude (dec): 23.461667

Height over sea level of El Mezquite

The locations medium height over sea level is 1410 meters.

Population in El Mezquite

The over all population of El Mezquite is 328 persons, 173 of them are male and 155 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 130 minors and 198 adults, with 56 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mezquite

2 inhabitants of the location El Mezquite in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 234 citizens of El Mezquite.

Economic situation

In El Mezquite exist about 83 households.

Of these households 78 are common houses or apartments, 3 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

77 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 68 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 32 own a washing machine and 62 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mezquite

Besides the 47 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

47 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 131 persons did not finish the school. 47 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.