Mazatán - Nayarit

Facts about Mazatán

Location of Mazatán

Mazatán is located in the municipality of Compostela in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.948611
Latitude (dec): 21.148056

Height over sea level of Mazatán

The locations medium height over sea level is 680 meters.

Population in Mazatán

The over all population of Mazatán is 958 persons, 474 of them are male and 484 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 368 minors and 590 adults, with 138 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 500 citizens of Mazatán.

Economic situation

In Mazatán exist about 264 households.

Of these households 261 are common houses or apartments, 13 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

250 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 256 are connected to the public water supply, 258 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 193 own a washing machine and 240 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mazatán

Besides the 94 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

100 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 325 persons did not finish the school. 147 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 77 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 40 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.