Las Cuevas - San Luis Potosí

Facts about Las Cuevas

Location of Las Cuevas

Las Cuevas is located in the municipality of Axtla de Terrazas in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.875000
Latitude (dec): 21.363889

Height over sea level of Las Cuevas

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in Las Cuevas

The over all population of Las Cuevas is 847 persons, 448 of them are male and 399 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 371 minors and 476 adults, with 68 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Cuevas

847 inhabitants of the location Las Cuevas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 661 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 12 people, while 646 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 64 citizens of Las Cuevas.

Economic situation

In Las Cuevas exist about 172 households.

Of these households 172 are common houses or apartments, 113 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

170 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 136 are connected to the public water supply, 160 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 43 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Cuevas

Besides the 67 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

32 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 357 persons did not finish the school. 126 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.