El Refugio - Zacatecas

Facts about El Refugio

Location of El Refugio

El Refugio is located in the municipality of Villa Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.760833
Latitude (dec): 22.370278

Height over sea level of El Refugio

The locations medium height over sea level is 2120 meters.

Population in El Refugio

The over all population of El Refugio is 1621 persons, 785 of them are male and 836 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 721 minors and 900 adults, with 129 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 186 citizens of El Refugio.

Economic situation

In El Refugio exist about 353 households.

Of these households 337 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

304 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 333 are connected to the public water supply, 323 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 13 households to own a computer, 228 own a washing machine and 319 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Refugio

Besides the 100 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

98 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 574 persons did not finish the school. 211 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 124 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 89 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.