Canatlán - Durango

Facts about Canatlán

Location of Canatlán

Canatlán is located in the municipality of Canatlán in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.778333
Latitude (dec): 24.527500

Height over sea level of Canatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1960 meters.

Population in Canatlán

The over all population of Canatlán is 10668 persons, 5069 of them are male and 5599 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 4143 minors and 6525 adults, with 1015 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Canatlán

55 inhabitants of the location Canatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 19 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 16 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6118 citizens of Canatlán.

Economic situation

In Canatlán exist about 2633 households.

Of these households 2612 are common houses or apartments, 175 are without floor and about 37 consist of one room only.

2530 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2567 are connected to the public water supply, 2576 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 479 households to own a computer, 1791 own a washing machine and 2499 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Canatlán

Besides the 245 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 58 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

262 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2660 persons did not finish the school. 1478 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2719 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 995 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.