Zalamea - Jalisco

Facts about Zalamea

Location of Zalamea

Zalamea is located in the municipality of La Barca in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.508611
Latitude (dec): 20.313056

Height over sea level of Zalamea

The locations medium height over sea level is 1530 meters.

Population in Zalamea

The over all population of Zalamea is 1554 persons, 725 of them are male and 829 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 584 minors and 970 adults, with 176 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Zalamea

8 inhabitants of the location Zalamea in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 613 citizens of Zalamea.

Economic situation

In Zalamea exist about 356 households.

Of these households 347 are common houses or apartments, 22 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

334 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 336 are connected to the public water supply, 341 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 24 households to own a computer, 244 own a washing machine and 333 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Zalamea

Besides the 131 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 24 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

121 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 678 persons did not finish the school. 163 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 109 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 76 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.