Acatlán - Guerrero

Facts about Acatlán

Location of Acatlán

Acatlán is located in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.168611
Latitude (dec): 17.657778

Height over sea level of Acatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1280 meters.

Population in Acatlán

The over all population of Acatlán is 3006 persons, 1427 of them are male and 1579 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1141 minors and 1865 adults, with 376 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Acatlán

2948 inhabitants of the location Acatlán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2395 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 145 people, while 2159 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 181 citizens of Acatlán.

Economic situation

In Acatlán exist about 754 households.

Of these households 733 are common houses or apartments, 391 are without floor and about 206 consist of one room only.

591 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 466 are connected to the public water supply, 687 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 20 households to own a computer, 32 own a washing machine and 487 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Acatlán

Besides the 790 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 46 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

636 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 792 persons did not finish the school. 216 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 271 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 181 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.