Cotlaixco - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Cotlaixco

Location of Cotlaixco

Cotlaixco is located in the municipality of Zongolica in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.950556
Latitude (dec): 18.767222

Height over sea level of Cotlaixco

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in Cotlaixco

The over all population of Cotlaixco is 461 persons, 243 of them are male and 218 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 214 minors and 247 adults, with 31 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cotlaixco

461 inhabitants of the location Cotlaixco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 354 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 23 people, while 331 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 15 citizens of Cotlaixco.

Economic situation

In Cotlaixco exist about 83 households.

Of these households 83 are common houses or apartments, 44 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

81 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 82 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 47 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cotlaixco

Besides the 72 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

57 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 135 persons did not finish the school. 44 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 36 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.