Kancab - Yucatán

Facts about Kancab

Location of Kancab

Kancab is located in the municipality of Tekax in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.345556
Latitude (dec): 20.194444

Height over sea level of Kancab

The locations medium height over sea level is 90 meters.

Population in Kancab

The over all population of Kancab is 2670 persons, 1316 of them are male and 1354 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1225 minors and 1445 adults, with 152 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Kancab

2666 inhabitants of the location Kancab in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2351 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 561 people, while 1770 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 21 citizens of Kancab.

Economic situation

In Kancab exist about 559 households.

Of these households 525 are common houses or apartments, 63 are without floor and about 58 consist of one room only.

338 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 473 are connected to the public water supply, 494 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 79 own a washing machine and 324 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Kancab

Besides the 542 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 77 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

409 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1101 persons did not finish the school. 116 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 67 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.