La Cantera - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about La Cantera

Location of La Cantera

La Cantera is located in the municipality of Tangamandapio in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.409444
Latitude (dec): 19.864444

Height over sea level of La Cantera

The locations medium height over sea level is 2120 meters.

Population in La Cantera

The over all population of La Cantera is 3305 persons, 1557 of them are male and 1748 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1643 minors and 1662 adults, with 216 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Cantera

2873 inhabitants of the location La Cantera in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1276 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 12 people, while 1232 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 126 citizens of La Cantera.

Economic situation

In La Cantera exist about 606 households.

Of these households 600 are common houses or apartments, 305 are without floor and about 30 consist of one room only.

522 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 414 are connected to the public water supply, 590 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 77 own a washing machine and 511 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Cantera

Besides the 494 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 87 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

493 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1055 persons did not finish the school. 253 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 123 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 144 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.