Tanaco - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Tanaco

Location of Tanaco

Tanaco is located in the municipality of Cherán in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.079167
Latitude (dec): 19.737500

Height over sea level of Tanaco

The locations medium height over sea level is 2140 meters.

Population in Tanaco

The over all population of Tanaco is 2860 persons, 1390 of them are male and 1470 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1192 minors and 1668 adults, with 308 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tanaco

2718 inhabitants of the location Tanaco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2041 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 78 people, while 1932 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 143 citizens of Tanaco.

Economic situation

In Tanaco exist about 611 households.

Of these households 590 are common houses or apartments, 324 are without floor and about 31 consist of one room only.

527 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 544 are connected to the public water supply, 544 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 12 households to own a computer, 72 own a washing machine and 468 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tanaco

Besides the 496 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 68 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

467 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 907 persons did not finish the school. 228 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 197 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 157 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.