Las Peñitas - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Las Peñitas

Location of Las Peñitas

Las Peñitas is located in the municipality of Cosamaloapan de Carpio in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -96.139167
Latitude (dec): 18.138889

Height over sea level of Las Peñitas

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Las Peñitas

The over all population of Las Peñitas is 671 persons, 322 of them are male and 349 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 234 minors and 437 adults, with 64 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Peñitas

9 inhabitants of the location Las Peñitas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5 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 280 citizens of Las Peñitas.

Economic situation

In Las Peñitas exist about 179 households.

Of these households 178 are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

148 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 138 are connected to the public water supply, 174 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 113 own a washing machine and 167 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Peñitas

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

60 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 213 persons did not finish the school. 102 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 90 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 41 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.