La Palma - Sinaloa

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of El Fuerte in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -108.859722
Latitude (dec): 26.034167

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 665 persons, 347 of them are male and 318 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 257 minors and 408 adults, with 50 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

415 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 202 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 201 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 273 citizens of La Palma.

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 145 households.

Of these households 150 are common houses or apartments, 72 are without floor and about 34 consist of one room only.

118 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 108 are connected to the public water supply, 141 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 32 own a washing machine and 120 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 43 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

42 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 231 persons did not finish the school. 91 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 74 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 31 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.