Cuesta Alta - Sinaloa

Facts about Cuesta Alta

Location of Cuesta Alta

Cuesta Alta is located in the municipality of El Fuerte in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -108.750833
Latitude (dec): 26.326111

Height over sea level of Cuesta Alta

The locations medium height over sea level is 60 meters.

Population in Cuesta Alta

The over all population of Cuesta Alta is 382 persons, 200 of them are male and 182 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 151 minors and 231 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cuesta Alta

296 inhabitants of the location Cuesta Alta in Mexico live in indigenous households. 117 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 117 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 227 citizens of Cuesta Alta.

Economic situation

In Cuesta Alta exist about 72 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 32 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

59 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 51 are connected to the public water supply, 62 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 10 own a washing machine and 54 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cuesta Alta

Besides the 33 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 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 161 persons did not finish the school. 47 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 20 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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