Jauja - Durango

Facts about Jauja

Location of Jauja

Jauja is located in the municipality of Tlahualilo in the Mexican state of Durango with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.374444
Latitude (dec): 25.928333

Height over sea level of Jauja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in Jauja

The over all population of Jauja is 1078 persons, 543 of them are male and 535 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 384 minors and 694 adults, with 104 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jauja

5 inhabitants of the location Jauja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 793 citizens of Jauja.

Economic situation

In Jauja exist about 272 households.

Of these households 270 are common houses or apartments, 33 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

248 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 258 are connected to the public water supply, 269 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 16 households to own a computer, 193 own a washing machine and 264 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jauja

Besides the 36 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

38 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 362 persons did not finish the school. 174 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 184 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 80 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.