Cuetzalan del Progreso

Information and facts about the municipality of Cuetzalan del Progreso

Location of Cuetzalan del Progreso

The municipality of Cuetzalan del Progreso is located in the Mexican state of Puebla México

Population of Cuetzalan del Progreso

The overall population of the municipality named Cuetzalan del Progreso is 45781 citizens, 22610 males and 23171 females.

Age distribution

The population of Cuetzalan del Progreso is divided into 19907 minors and 25874 adults, with 4128 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Cuetzalan del Progreso

36680 people in Cuetzalan del Progreso live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 29261 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 4968 and 24076 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 17112 citizens of Cuetzalan del Progreso.

Economic situation

In Cuetzalan del Progreso about 9637 households are registered.

9084 of these households are common houses or apartments, 3163 are without floor and about 1990 consist of one room only.

6648 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 6267 are connected to the public water supply, 7439 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 290 households to own a computer, 567 own a washing machine and 4659 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cuetzalan del Progreso

Besides the 6666 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 737 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

5756 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 14314 persons did not finish the school. 4379 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4232 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2612 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.