Matatlán - Jalisco

Facts about Matatlán

Location of Matatlán

Matatlán is located in the municipality of Zapotlanejo in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.149167
Latitude (dec): 20.710833

Height over sea level of Matatlán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1560 meters.

Population in Matatlán

The over all population of Matatlán is 1417 persons, 666 of them are male and 751 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 592 minors and 825 adults, with 160 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 248 citizens of Matatlán.

Economic situation

In Matatlán exist about 346 households.

Of these households 351 are common houses or apartments, 39 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

332 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 326 are connected to the public water supply, 342 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 28 households to own a computer, 266 own a washing machine and 333 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Matatlán

Besides the 89 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 23 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

86 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 551 persons did not finish the school. 186 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 110 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 50 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.