Zoquitlán - Guerrero

Facts about Zoquitlán

Location of Zoquitlán

Zoquitlán is located in the municipality of Atlixtac in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.951111
Latitude (dec): 17.343056

Height over sea level of Zoquitlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1880 meters.

Population in Zoquitlán

The over all population of Zoquitlán is 1262 persons, 607 of them are male and 655 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 708 minors and 554 adults, with 69 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Zoquitlán

1262 inhabitants of the location Zoquitlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1057 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 671 people, while 383 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 8 citizens of Zoquitlán.

Economic situation

In Zoquitlán exist about 209 households.

Of these households 209 are common houses or apartments, 207 are without floor and about 50 consist of one room only.

135 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 117 are connected to the public water supply, 195 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 23 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Zoquitlán

Besides the 442 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 77 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

383 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 209 persons did not finish the school. 22 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 17 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 64 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.