Nieves - Zacatecas

Facts about Nieves

Location of Nieves

Nieves is located in the municipality of General Francisco R. Murguía in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.019444
Latitude (dec): 23.993889

Height over sea level of Nieves

The locations medium height over sea level is 2010 meters.

Population in Nieves

The over all population of Nieves is 5562 persons, 2569 of them are male and 2993 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2176 minors and 3386 adults, with 645 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nieves

52 inhabitants of the location Nieves in Mexico live in indigenous households. 16 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 15 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2559 citizens of Nieves.

Economic situation

In Nieves exist about 1350 households.

Of these households 1309 are common houses or apartments, 92 are without floor and about 35 consist of one room only.

1255 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1214 are connected to the public water supply, 1292 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 258 households to own a computer, 1021 own a washing machine and 1270 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nieves

Besides the 233 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 44 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

296 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1831 persons did not finish the school. 488 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1105 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 425 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.