El Refugio - Sinaloa

Facts about El Refugio

Location of El Refugio

El Refugio is located in the municipality of Ahome in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -109.300000
Latitude (dec): 25.996111

Height over sea level of El Refugio

The locations medium height over sea level is 4 meters.

Population in El Refugio

The over all population of El Refugio is 982 persons, 505 of them are male and 477 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 394 minors and 588 adults, with 75 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Refugio

18 inhabitants of the location El Refugio in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 0 people, while 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 543 citizens of El Refugio.

Economic situation

In El Refugio exist about 232 households.

Of these households 223 are common houses or apartments, 63 are without floor and about 22 consist of one room only.

202 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 195 are connected to the public water supply, 212 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 103 own a washing machine and 194 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Refugio

Besides the 104 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

91 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 381 persons did not finish the school. 100 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 68 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 50 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.