Mequetla - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Mequetla

Location of Mequetla

Mequetla is located in the municipality of Castillo de Teayo in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.689167
Latitude (dec): 20.795000

Height over sea level of Mequetla

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Mequetla

The over all population of Mequetla is 1443 persons, 735 of them are male and 708 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 565 minors and 878 adults, with 159 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mequetla

455 inhabitants of the location Mequetla in Mexico live in indigenous households. 145 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 139 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 311 citizens of Mequetla.

Economic situation

In Mequetla exist about 301 households.

Of these households 294 are common houses or apartments, 124 are without floor and about 29 consist of one room only.

283 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 223 are connected to the public water supply, 282 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 14 households to own a computer, 99 own a washing machine and 258 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mequetla

Besides the 158 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

155 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 473 persons did not finish the school. 210 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 155 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 147 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.