El Cañón - San Luis Potosí

Facts about El Cañón

Location of El Cañón

El Cañón is located in the municipality of Xilitla in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -99.001667
Latitude (dec): 21.437500

Height over sea level of El Cañón

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in El Cañón

The over all population of El Cañón is 604 persons, 286 of them are male and 318 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 287 minors and 317 adults, with 62 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Cañón

578 inhabitants of the location El Cañón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 395 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 6 people, while 387 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 16 citizens of El Cañón.

Economic situation

In El Cañón exist about 124 households.

Of these households 123 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 19 consist of one room only.

117 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 121 are connected to the public water supply, 97 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 6 own a washing machine and 46 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Cañón

Besides the 36 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 210 persons did not finish the school. 88 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 24 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.