La Candelaria - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about La Candelaria

Location of La Candelaria

La Candelaria is located in the municipality of Catemaco in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -95.131944
Latitude (dec): 18.326667

Height over sea level of La Candelaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 480 meters.

Population in La Candelaria

The over all population of La Candelaria is 811 persons, 410 of them are male and 401 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 370 minors and 441 adults, with 54 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Candelaria

2 inhabitants of the location La Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 65 citizens of La Candelaria.

Economic situation

In La Candelaria exist about 177 households.

Of these households 167 are common houses or apartments, 89 are without floor and about 20 consist of one room only.

165 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 160 are connected to the public water supply, 156 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 104 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Candelaria

Besides the 149 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

126 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 260 persons did not finish the school. 71 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 43 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 38 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.