Mezcales - Nayarit

Facts about Mezcales

Location of Mezcales

Mezcales is located in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -105.284444
Latitude (dec): 20.730278

Height over sea level of Mezcales

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Mezcales

The over all population of Mezcales is 3814 persons, 1964 of them are male and 1850 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1587 minors and 2227 adults, with 191 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mezcales

275 inhabitants of the location Mezcales in Mexico live in indigenous households. 119 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 1 people, while 108 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1844 citizens of Mezcales.

Economic situation

In Mezcales exist about 926 households.

Of these households 917 are common houses or apartments, 49 are without floor and about 146 consist of one room only.

894 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 808 are connected to the public water supply, 888 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 120 households to own a computer, 577 own a washing machine and 866 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mezcales

Besides the 174 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 45 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

207 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1099 persons did not finish the school. 652 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 509 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 223 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.