La Peña - Tamaulipas

Facts about La Peña

Location of La Peña

La Peña is located in the municipality of Miquihuana in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.687778
Latitude (dec): 23.557778

Height over sea level of La Peña

The locations medium height over sea level is 1820 meters.

Population in La Peña

The over all population of La Peña is 685 persons, 369 of them are male and 316 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 237 minors and 448 adults, with 115 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Peña

5 inhabitants of the location La Peña in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 505 citizens of La Peña.

Economic situation

In La Peña exist about 185 households.

Of these households 181 are common houses or apartments, 17 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

171 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 168 are connected to the public water supply, 174 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 77 own a washing machine and 141 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Peña

Besides the 96 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

71 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 293 persons did not finish the school. 85 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 33 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.