Mexcalcingo - Guerrero

Facts about Mexcalcingo

Location of Mexcalcingo

Mexcalcingo is located in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.000000
Latitude (dec): 17.386111

Height over sea level of Mexcalcingo

The locations medium height over sea level is 1250 meters.

Population in Mexcalcingo

The over all population of Mexcalcingo is 1151 persons, 567 of them are male and 584 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 660 minors and 491 adults, with 53 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mexcalcingo

1146 inhabitants of the location Mexcalcingo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 929 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 185 people, while 735 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 30 citizens of Mexcalcingo.

Economic situation

In Mexcalcingo exist about 193 households.

Of these households 188 are common houses or apartments, 134 are without floor and about 74 consist of one room only.

70 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 147 are connected to the public water supply, 176 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 77 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mexcalcingo

Besides the 351 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 40 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

350 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 167 persons did not finish the school. 23 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 31 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.