Tierra Colorada - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Tierra Colorada

Location of Tierra Colorada

Tierra Colorada is located in the municipality of San Andrés Tenejapan in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.086389
Latitude (dec): 18.785000

Height over sea level of Tierra Colorada

The locations medium height over sea level is 1200 meters.

Population in Tierra Colorada

The over all population of Tierra Colorada is 403 persons, 196 of them are male and 207 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 180 minors and 223 adults, with 36 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tierra Colorada

389 inhabitants of the location Tierra Colorada in Mexico live in indigenous households. 322 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 10 people, while 304 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 239 citizens of Tierra Colorada.

Economic situation

In Tierra Colorada exist about 83 households.

Of these households 78 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 25 consist of one room only.

46 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 67 are connected to the public water supply, 68 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 50 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tierra Colorada

Besides the 59 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

60 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 157 persons did not finish the school. 24 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.