Nuevo Xcán - Quintana Roo

Facts about Nuevo Xcán

Location of Nuevo Xcán

Nuevo Xcán is located in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -87.603056
Latitude (dec): 20.869167

Height over sea level of Nuevo Xcán

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Nuevo Xcán

The over all population of Nuevo Xcán is 955 persons, 499 of them are male and 456 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 359 minors and 596 adults, with 85 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Xcán

914 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Xcán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 539 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 15 people, while 513 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 312 citizens of Nuevo Xcán.

Economic situation

In Nuevo Xcán exist about 219 households.

Of these households 218 are common houses or apartments, 29 are without floor and about 34 consist of one room only.

185 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 214 are connected to the public water supply, 210 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 101 own a washing machine and 181 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Xcán

Besides the 83 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

68 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 251 persons did not finish the school. 215 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 108 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 68 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.