Matamoros - Coahuila de Zaragoza

Facts about Matamoros

Location of Matamoros

Matamoros is located in the municipality of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.228056
Latitude (dec): 25.527778

Height over sea level of Matamoros

The locations medium height over sea level is 1120 meters.

Population in Matamoros

The over all population of Matamoros is 48511 persons, 23921 of them are male and 24590 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 19641 minors and 28870 adults, with 3417 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Matamoros

158 inhabitants of the location Matamoros in Mexico live in indigenous households. 72 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 0 people, while 69 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 27375 citizens of Matamoros.

Economic situation

In Matamoros exist about 11350 households.

Of these households 11120 are common houses or apartments, 668 are without floor and about 454 consist of one room only.

10448 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 10576 are connected to the public water supply, 10745 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1570 households to own a computer, 8438 own a washing machine and 10648 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Matamoros

Besides the 1795 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 431 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1850 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 10725 persons did not finish the school. 9315 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9398 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2810 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.