Puerto Morelos - Quintana Roo

Facts about Puerto Morelos

Location of Puerto Morelos

Puerto Morelos is located in the municipality of Benito Juárez in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -86.875278
Latitude (dec): 20.853611

Height over sea level of Puerto Morelos

The locations medium height over sea level is 5 meters.

Population in Puerto Morelos

The over all population of Puerto Morelos is 1097 persons, 552 of them are male and 545 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 727 minors and 370 adults, with 57 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Puerto Morelos

107 inhabitants of the location Puerto Morelos in Mexico live in indigenous households. 48 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 48 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 254 citizens of Puerto Morelos.

Economic situation

In Puerto Morelos exist about 163 households.

Of these households 321 are common houses or apartments, 0 are without floor and about 25 consist of one room only.

159 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 157 are connected to the public water supply, 158 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 74 households to own a computer, 124 own a washing machine and 150 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Puerto Morelos

Besides the 16 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

20 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 87 persons did not finish the school. 75 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 199 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 23 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 10 years.