La Palma - Coahuila de Zaragoza

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Torreón in the Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.321111
Latitude (dec): 25.607778

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 1110 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 1164 persons, 581 of them are male and 583 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 453 minors and 711 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

4 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3 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 3 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 803 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 273 households.

Of these households 266 are common houses or apartments, 8 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

254 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 255 are connected to the public water supply, 263 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 217 own a washing machine and 263 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 31 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

39 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 389 persons did not finish the school. 239 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 86 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 45 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.