Pesqueira - Sonora

Facts about Pesqueira

Location of Pesqueira

Pesqueira is located in the municipality of San Miguel de Horcasitas in the Mexican state of Sonora with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -110.896111
Latitude (dec): 29.379722

Height over sea level of Pesqueira

The locations medium height over sea level is 330 meters.

Population in Pesqueira

The over all population of Pesqueira is 4636 persons, 2342 of them are male and 2294 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2285 minors and 2351 adults, with 198 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pesqueira

1605 inhabitants of the location Pesqueira in Mexico live in indigenous households. 917 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 15 people, while 755 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1874 citizens of Pesqueira.

Economic situation

In Pesqueira exist about 923 households.

Of these households 893 are common houses or apartments, 399 are without floor and about 186 consist of one room only.

849 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 872 are connected to the public water supply, 852 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 36 households to own a computer, 332 own a washing machine and 766 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pesqueira

Besides the 495 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 121 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

409 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1567 persons did not finish the school. 378 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 188 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 164 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.