Xaltepec - Puebla

Facts about Xaltepec

Location of Xaltepec

Xaltepec is located in the municipality of Huauchinango in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.001389
Latitude (dec): 20.166111

Height over sea level of Xaltepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1340 meters.

Population in Xaltepec

The over all population of Xaltepec is 2437 persons, 1185 of them are male and 1252 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1233 minors and 1204 adults, with 133 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Xaltepec

1507 inhabitants of the location Xaltepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1074 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 14 people, while 1058 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1276 citizens of Xaltepec.

Economic situation

In Xaltepec exist about 524 households.

Of these households 465 are common houses or apartments, 275 are without floor and about 100 consist of one room only.

457 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 392 are connected to the public water supply, 459 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 225 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Xaltepec

Besides the 364 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

335 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 792 persons did not finish the school. 134 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 99 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 148 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.