El Salto - Durango

Facts about El Salto

Location of El Salto

El Salto is located in the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.360278
Latitude (dec): 23.778333

Height over sea level of El Salto

The locations medium height over sea level is 2520 meters.

Population in El Salto

The over all population of El Salto is 21793 persons, 10589 of them are male and 11204 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 9706 minors and 12087 adults, with 1194 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Salto

193 inhabitants of the location El Salto in Mexico live in indigenous households. 109 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 107 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 12551 citizens of El Salto.

Economic situation

In El Salto exist about 4827 households.

Of these households 4751 are common houses or apartments, 348 are without floor and about 349 consist of one room only.

4152 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4344 are connected to the public water supply, 4631 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 579 households to own a computer, 2433 own a washing machine and 4406 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Salto

Besides the 452 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 125 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

435 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 6148 persons did not finish the school. 3171 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3649 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1854 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.