Heroica Matamoros - Tamaulipas

Facts about Heroica Matamoros

Location of Heroica Matamoros

Heroica Matamoros is located in the municipality of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.504167
Latitude (dec): 25.879722

Height over sea level of Heroica Matamoros

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Heroica Matamoros

The over all population of Heroica Matamoros is 422711 persons, 206688 of them are male and 216023 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 168049 minors and 254662 adults, with 25660 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Heroica Matamoros

7289 inhabitants of the location Heroica Matamoros in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3268 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 6 people, while 3146 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 284857 citizens of Heroica Matamoros.

Economic situation

In Heroica Matamoros exist about 108434 households.

Of these households 110093 are common houses or apartments, 2916 are without floor and about 10467 consist of one room only.

103892 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 102232 are connected to the public water supply, 103415 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 19612 households to own a computer, 67947 own a washing machine and 102301 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Heroica Matamoros

Besides the 9080 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2865 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

10429 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 95369 persons did not finish the school. 69348 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 96901 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28167 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.