Tecapa - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Tecapa

Location of Tecapa

Tecapa is located in the municipality of Ilamatlán in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.462222
Latitude (dec): 20.731111

Height over sea level of Tecapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1200 meters.

Population in Tecapa

The over all population of Tecapa is 726 persons, 357 of them are male and 369 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 371 minors and 355 adults, with 54 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tecapa

726 inhabitants of the location Tecapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 614 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 31 people, while 578 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 11 citizens of Tecapa.

Economic situation

In Tecapa exist about 145 households.

Of these households 145 are common houses or apartments, 138 are without floor and about 53 consist of one room only.

134 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 132 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 38 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tecapa

Besides the 183 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 43 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

180 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 208 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.