El Palmito - San Luis Potosí

Facts about El Palmito

Location of El Palmito

El Palmito is located in the municipality of Tamazunchale in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.715278
Latitude (dec): 21.251389

Height over sea level of El Palmito

The locations medium height over sea level is 40 meters.

Population in El Palmito

The over all population of El Palmito is 876 persons, 432 of them are male and 444 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 447 minors and 429 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Palmito

860 inhabitants of the location El Palmito in Mexico live in indigenous households. 709 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 40 people, while 664 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 661 citizens of El Palmito.

Economic situation

In El Palmito exist about 171 households.

Of these households 170 are common houses or apartments, 145 are without floor and about 28 consist of one room only.

166 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 136 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 69 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Palmito

Besides the 181 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 17 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

152 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 211 persons did not finish the school. 103 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 25 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 47 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.