Comaltepec - Puebla

Facts about Comaltepec

Location of Comaltepec

Comaltepec is located in the municipality of Zacapoaxtla in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.598611
Latitude (dec): 19.860000

Height over sea level of Comaltepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1910 meters.

Population in Comaltepec

The over all population of Comaltepec is 3029 persons, 1494 of them are male and 1535 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1433 minors and 1596 adults, with 186 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Comaltepec

2718 inhabitants of the location Comaltepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1774 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 23 people, while 1744 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1102 citizens of Comaltepec.

Economic situation

In Comaltepec exist about 564 households.

Of these households 567 are common houses or apartments, 117 are without floor and about 76 consist of one room only.

505 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 325 are connected to the public water supply, 528 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 30 households to own a computer, 87 own a washing machine and 448 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Comaltepec

Besides the 269 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

238 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 867 persons did not finish the school. 383 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 322 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 156 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.