El Escolín - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about El Escolín

Location of El Escolín

El Escolín is located in the municipality of Papantla in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -97.355833
Latitude (dec): 20.479444

Height over sea level of El Escolín

The locations medium height over sea level is 140 meters.

Population in El Escolín

The over all population of El Escolín is 898 persons, 428 of them are male and 470 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 336 minors and 562 adults, with 94 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Escolín

701 inhabitants of the location El Escolín in Mexico live in indigenous households. 371 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 10 people, while 360 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 103 citizens of El Escolín.

Economic situation

In El Escolín exist about 224 households.

Of these households 224 are common houses or apartments, 91 are without floor and about 30 consist of one room only.

222 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 107 are connected to the public water supply, 196 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 42 own a washing machine and 184 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Escolín

Besides the 98 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

87 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 331 persons did not finish the school. 118 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 99 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 76 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.