Zavala - Yucatán

Facts about Zavala

Location of Zavala

Zavala is located in the municipality of Sotuta in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.113333
Latitude (dec): 20.608056

Height over sea level of Zavala

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Zavala

The over all population of Zavala is 506 persons, 265 of them are male and 241 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 155 minors and 351 adults, with 86 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Zavala

497 inhabitants of the location Zavala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 317 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 15 people, while 301 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 317 citizens of Zavala.

Economic situation

In Zavala exist about 133 households.

Of these households 133 are common houses or apartments, 1 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

132 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 132 are connected to the public water supply, 126 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 66 own a washing machine and 106 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Zavala

Besides the 74 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

69 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 240 persons did not finish the school. 51 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 21 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.