Mecatepec - Guerrero

Facts about Mecatepec

Location of Mecatepec

Mecatepec is located in the municipality of Tecoanapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.236389
Latitude (dec): 16.982222

Height over sea level of Mecatepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 420 meters.

Population in Mecatepec

The over all population of Mecatepec is 992 persons, 501 of them are male and 491 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 436 minors and 556 adults, with 110 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mecatepec

64 inhabitants of the location Mecatepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 50 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 3 people, while 44 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 843 citizens of Mecatepec.

Economic situation

In Mecatepec exist about 214 households.

Of these households 208 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

103 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 145 are connected to the public water supply, 189 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 7 own a washing machine and 132 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mecatepec

Besides the 119 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

69 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 258 persons did not finish the school. 110 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 180 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 73 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.