Candelaria - Quintana Roo

Facts about Candelaria

Location of Candelaria

Candelaria is located in the municipality of José María Morelos in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.958611
Latitude (dec): 19.736389

Height over sea level of Candelaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 50 meters.

Population in Candelaria

The over all population of Candelaria is 818 persons, 427 of them are male and 391 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 369 minors and 449 adults, with 59 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Candelaria

797 inhabitants of the location Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 450 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 14 people, while 411 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 37 citizens of Candelaria.

Economic situation

In Candelaria exist about 181 households.

Of these households 177 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 30 consist of one room only.

135 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 154 are connected to the public water supply, 166 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 100 own a washing machine and 143 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Candelaria

Besides the 98 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

90 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 267 persons did not finish the school. 104 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 44 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 49 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.