El Mezquital - San Luis Potosí

Facts about El Mezquital

Location of El Mezquital

El Mezquital is located in the municipality of Santa Catarina in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.451667
Latitude (dec): 21.465000

Height over sea level of El Mezquital

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in El Mezquital

The over all population of El Mezquital is 263 persons, 132 of them are male and 131 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 126 minors and 137 adults, with 13 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mezquital

263 inhabitants of the location El Mezquital in Mexico live in indigenous households. 218 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 69 people, while 149 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of El Mezquital.

Economic situation

In El Mezquital exist about 41 households.

Of these households 41 are common houses or apartments, 8 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

7 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 34 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 10 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Mezquital

Besides the 61 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

51 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 87 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.