Pajapan - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about Pajapan

Location of Pajapan

Pajapan is located in the municipality of Pajapan in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -94.691389
Latitude (dec): 18.260833

Height over sea level of Pajapan

The locations medium height over sea level is 180 meters.

Population in Pajapan

The over all population of Pajapan is 7719 persons, 3842 of them are male and 3877 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3474 minors and 4245 adults, with 488 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pajapan

7534 inhabitants of the location Pajapan in Mexico live in indigenous households. 6248 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 134 people, while 6031 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4606 citizens of Pajapan.

Economic situation

In Pajapan exist about 1848 households.

Of these households 1774 are common houses or apartments, 481 are without floor and about 391 consist of one room only.

1329 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1561 are connected to the public water supply, 1513 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 22 households to own a computer, 66 own a washing machine and 906 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pajapan

Besides the 1894 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 212 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2093 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1833 persons did not finish the school. 486 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 409 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 513 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.