El Salitre - Hidalgo

Facts about El Salitre

Location of El Salitre

El Salitre is located in the municipality of Zimapán in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.332778
Latitude (dec): 20.714444

Height over sea level of El Salitre

The locations medium height over sea level is 1860 meters.

Population in El Salitre

The over all population of El Salitre is 756 persons, 324 of them are male and 432 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 315 minors and 441 adults, with 69 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Salitre

145 inhabitants of the location El Salitre in Mexico live in indigenous households. 62 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 61 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 72 citizens of El Salitre.

Economic situation

In El Salitre exist about 201 households.

Of these households 194 are common houses or apartments, 14 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

131 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 151 are connected to the public water supply, 190 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 75 own a washing machine and 179 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Salitre

Besides the 49 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

38 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 229 persons did not finish the school. 145 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 71 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 33 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.