Peña Alta - Puebla

Facts about Peña Alta

Location of Peña Alta

Peña Alta is located in the municipality of San Sebastián Tlacotepec in the Mexican state of Puebla with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.851944
Latitude (dec): 18.294167

Height over sea level of Peña Alta

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in Peña Alta

The over all population of Peña Alta is 139 persons, 65 of them are male and 74 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 67 minors and 72 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Peña Alta

139 inhabitants of the location Peña Alta in Mexico live in indigenous households. 120 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 42 people, while 78 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of Peña Alta.

Economic situation

In Peña Alta exist about 28 households.

Of these households 28 are common houses or apartments, 28 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

27 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 25 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Peña Alta

Besides the 43 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

43 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 29 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.