El Refugio - Durango

Facts about El Refugio

Location of El Refugio

El Refugio is located in the municipality of General Simón Bolívar in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.185833
Latitude (dec): 24.778611

Height over sea level of El Refugio

The locations medium height over sea level is 1440 meters.

Population in El Refugio

The over all population of El Refugio is 233 persons, 105 of them are male and 128 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 102 minors and 131 adults, with 23 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Refugio

7 inhabitants of the location El Refugio in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5 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 5 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 49 citizens of El Refugio.

Economic situation

In El Refugio exist about 52 households.

Of these households 52 are common houses or apartments, 2 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

15 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 43 are connected to the public water supply, 52 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 25 own a washing machine and 49 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Refugio

Besides the 8 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

6 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 90 persons did not finish the school. 41 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.