Galeras - Guanajuato

Facts about Galeras

Location of Galeras

Galeras is located in the municipality of Cortazar in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.986667
Latitude (dec): 20.427500

Height over sea level of Galeras

The locations medium height over sea level is 1730 meters.

Population in Galeras

The over all population of Galeras is 384 persons, 181 of them are male and 203 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 144 minors and 240 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 198 citizens of Galeras.

Economic situation

In Galeras exist about 99 households.

Of these households 85 are common houses or apartments, 5 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

82 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 85 are connected to the public water supply, 84 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 51 own a washing machine and 83 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Galeras

Besides the 18 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

18 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 171 persons did not finish the school. 40 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 40 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 23 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.