La Candelaria - Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave

Facts about La Candelaria

Location of La Candelaria

La Candelaria is located in the municipality of Zontecomatlán de López y Fuentes in the Mexican state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.326111
Latitude (dec): 20.766944

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 494 persons, 234 of them are male and 260 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 241 minors and 253 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Candelaria

494 inhabitants of the location La Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 411 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 74 people, while 335 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 393 citizens of La Candelaria.

Economic situation

In La Candelaria exist about 99 households.

Of these households 94 are common houses or apartments, 84 are without floor and about 20 consist of one room only.

68 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 65 are connected to the public water supply, 86 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 16 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Candelaria

Besides the 90 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

74 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 173 persons did not finish the school. 30 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 18 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 19 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.