Zacapala

Information and facts about the municipality of Zacapala

Location of Zacapala

The municipality of Zacapala is located in the Mexican state of Puebla México

Population of Zacapala

The overall population of the municipality named Zacapala is 3915 citizens, 1819 males and 2096 females.

Age distribution

The population of Zacapala is divided into 1620 minors and 2295 adults, with 569 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Zacapala

40 people in Zacapala live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 20 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 0 and 17 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 350 citizens of Zacapala.

Economic situation

In Zacapala about 983 households are registered.

952 of these households are common houses or apartments, 245 are without floor and about 93 consist of one room only.

713 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 635 are connected to the public water supply, 918 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 18 households to own a computer, 300 own a washing machine and 755 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Zacapala

Besides the 586 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 90 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

609 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1408 persons did not finish the school. 379 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 173 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 149 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.