Mecapala - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Mecapala

Location of Mecapala

Mecapala is located in the municipality of Tamazunchale in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.766667
Latitude (dec): 21.186944

Height over sea level of Mecapala

The locations medium height over sea level is 360 meters.

Population in Mecapala

The over all population of Mecapala is 217 persons, 100 of them are male and 117 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 109 minors and 108 adults, with 12 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mecapala

217 inhabitants of the location Mecapala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 170 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 1 people, while 168 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 151 citizens of Mecapala.

Economic situation

In Mecapala exist about 39 households.

Of these households 38 are common houses or apartments, 24 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

37 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 36 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 30 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mecapala

Besides the 29 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

28 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 56 persons did not finish the school. 22 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 18 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 14 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.