La Higuerita - Nayarit

Facts about La Higuerita

Location of La Higuerita

La Higuerita is located in the municipality of Ixtlán del Río in the Mexican state of Nayarit with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -104.284444
Latitude (dec): 21.163056

Height over sea level of La Higuerita

The locations medium height over sea level is 960 meters.

Population in La Higuerita

The over all population of La Higuerita is 226 persons, 123 of them are male and 103 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 114 minors and 112 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Higuerita

57 inhabitants of the location La Higuerita in Mexico live in indigenous households. 43 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 41 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 183 citizens of La Higuerita.

Economic situation

In La Higuerita exist about 47 households.

Of these households 47 are common houses or apartments, 26 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

38 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 43 are connected to the public water supply, 38 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 24 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Higuerita

Besides the 25 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

23 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 79 persons did not finish the school. 28 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 11 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.