La Colonia (Estación Colonias) - Tamaulipas

Facts about La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

Location of La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

La Colonia (Estación Colonias) is located in the municipality of Altamira in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.017222
Latitude (dec): 22.435833

Height over sea level of La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

The over all population of La Colonia (Estación Colonias) is 1435 persons, 697 of them are male and 738 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 472 minors and 963 adults, with 172 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

19 inhabitants of the location La Colonia (Estación Colonias) in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1021 citizens of La Colonia (Estación Colonias).

Economic situation

In La Colonia (Estación Colonias) exist about 395 households.

Of these households 395 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 40 consist of one room only.

388 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 384 are connected to the public water supply, 384 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 17 households to own a computer, 304 own a washing machine and 377 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Colonia (Estación Colonias)

Besides the 85 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

83 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 452 persons did not finish the school. 284 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 197 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 67 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.