Tacopan - Puebla

Facts about Tacopan

Location of Tacopan

Tacopan is located in the municipality of Atempan in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.431111
Latitude (dec): 19.837500

Height over sea level of Tacopan

The locations medium height over sea level is 2060 meters.

Population in Tacopan

The over all population of Tacopan is 3624 persons, 1814 of them are male and 1810 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1834 minors and 1790 adults, with 174 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tacopan

2999 inhabitants of the location Tacopan in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1384 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 8 people, while 1364 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 626 citizens of Tacopan.

Economic situation

In Tacopan exist about 685 households.

Of these households 685 are common houses or apartments, 143 are without floor and about 30 consist of one room only.

637 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 627 are connected to the public water supply, 644 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 542 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tacopan

Besides the 593 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 116 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

606 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1060 persons did not finish the school. 270 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 140 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 179 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.