Candela

Information and facts about the municipality of Candela

Location of Candela

The municipality of Candela is located in the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza México

Population of Candela

The overall population of the municipality named Candela is 1672 citizens, 873 males and 799 females.

Age distribution

The population of Candela is divided into 557 minors and 1115 adults, with 293 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Candela

0 people in Candela live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 2 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 2 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 899 citizens of Candela.

Economic situation

In Candela about 492 households are registered.

492 of these households are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 24 consist of one room only.

474 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 446 are connected to the public water supply, 465 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 22 households to own a computer, 344 own a washing machine and 444 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Candela

Besides the 132 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

137 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 586 persons did not finish the school. 285 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 162 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 62 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.