Tzintzuntzan - Michoacán de Ocampo

Facts about Tzintzuntzan

Location of Tzintzuntzan

Tzintzuntzan is located in the municipality of Tzintzuntzan in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -101.578889
Latitude (dec): 19.628333

Height over sea level of Tzintzuntzan

The locations medium height over sea level is 2050 meters.

Population in Tzintzuntzan

The over all population of Tzintzuntzan is 3252 persons, 1499 of them are male and 1753 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1313 minors and 1939 adults, with 379 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzintzuntzan

342 inhabitants of the location Tzintzuntzan in Mexico live in indigenous households. 115 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 103 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 658 citizens of Tzintzuntzan.

Economic situation

In Tzintzuntzan exist about 780 households.

Of these households 738 are common houses or apartments, 158 are without floor and about 35 consist of one room only.

712 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 663 are connected to the public water supply, 733 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 73 households to own a computer, 369 own a washing machine and 695 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzintzuntzan

Besides the 296 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

274 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 859 persons did not finish the school. 433 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 566 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 242 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.