Palo Gordo - Guerrero

Facts about Palo Gordo

Location of Palo Gordo

Palo Gordo is located in the municipality of Juan R. Escudero in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.549444
Latitude (dec): 17.155278

Height over sea level of Palo Gordo

The locations medium height over sea level is 240 meters.

Population in Palo Gordo

The over all population of Palo Gordo is 806 persons, 386 of them are male and 420 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 412 minors and 394 adults, with 60 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Palo Gordo

9 inhabitants of the location Palo Gordo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 6 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 0 people, while 5 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 73 citizens of Palo Gordo.

Economic situation

In Palo Gordo exist about 165 households.

Of these households 164 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 84 consist of one room only.

93 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 47 are connected to the public water supply, 161 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 111 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Palo Gordo

Besides the 106 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

105 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 197 persons did not finish the school. 81 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 74 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 51 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.