Mezquites

Mezquites facts

Location of Mezquites

Mezquites is located in the municipality of Amatlán de Cañas in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:

Longitude (dec): -104.542222

Latitude (dec): 20.913889

Height over sea level of Mezquites

The locations medium height over sea level is 540 meters.

Population in Mezquites

The over all population of Mezquites is 639 persons, 327 of them are male and 312 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 247 minors and 392 adults, with 98 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 394 citizens of Mezquites.

Economic situation

In Mezquites exist about 177 households.

Of these households 180 are common houses or apartments, 17 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

167 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 172 are connected to the public water supply, 176 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 135 own a washing machine and 167 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mezquites

Besides the 50 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

53 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 227 persons did not finish the school. 98 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 50 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.