Guaxcuaco - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Guaxcuaco

Location of Guaxcuaco

Guaxcuaco is located in the municipality of Tamazunchale in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.878056
Latitude (dec): 21.201667

Height over sea level of Guaxcuaco

The locations medium height over sea level is 440 meters.

Population in Guaxcuaco

The over all population of Guaxcuaco is 503 persons, 258 of them are male and 245 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 252 minors and 251 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Guaxcuaco

480 inhabitants of the location Guaxcuaco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 326 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 8 people, while 318 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 290 citizens of Guaxcuaco.

Economic situation

In Guaxcuaco exist about 104 households.

Of these households 99 are common houses or apartments, 72 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

99 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 90 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 43 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Guaxcuaco

Besides the 45 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

39 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 187 persons did not finish the school. 53 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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