El Mezquital - Hidalgo

Facts about El Mezquital

Location of El Mezquital

El Mezquital is located in the municipality of San Salvador in the Mexican state of Hidalgo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.140000
Latitude (dec): 20.386389

Height over sea level of El Mezquital

The locations medium height over sea level is 1940 meters.

Population in El Mezquital

The over all population of El Mezquital is 409 persons, 219 of them are male and 190 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 165 minors and 244 adults, with 31 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mezquital

389 inhabitants of the location El Mezquital in Mexico live in indigenous households. 279 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 11 people, while 242 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 266 citizens of El Mezquital.

Economic situation

In El Mezquital exist about 98 households.

Of these households 98 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

29 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 93 are connected to the public water supply, 88 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 65 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mezquital

Besides the 92 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

108 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 100 persons did not finish the school. 62 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 11 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.