Merino - Guanajuato

Facts about Merino

Location of Merino

Merino is located in the municipality of Cortazar in the Mexican state of Guanajuato with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -100.883333
Latitude (dec): 20.494167

Height over sea level of Merino

The locations medium height over sea level is 1740 meters.

Population in Merino

The over all population of Merino is 865 persons, 422 of them are male and 443 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 392 minors and 473 adults, with 58 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 160 citizens of Merino.

Economic situation

In Merino exist about 194 households.

Of these households 151 are common houses or apartments, 41 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

134 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 114 are connected to the public water supply, 145 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 75 own a washing machine and 138 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Merino

Besides the 86 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 20 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

93 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 341 persons did not finish the school. 79 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 26 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.