Izamal - Yucatán

Facts about Izamal

Location of Izamal

Izamal is located in the municipality of Izamal in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.017778
Latitude (dec): 20.931389

Height over sea level of Izamal

The locations medium height over sea level is 13 meters.

Population in Izamal

The over all population of Izamal is 15101 persons, 7497 of them are male and 7604 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 5391 minors and 9710 adults, with 1763 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Izamal

9188 inhabitants of the location Izamal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4049 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 3949 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6812 citizens of Izamal.

Economic situation

In Izamal exist about 3741 households.

Of these households 3652 are common houses or apartments, 117 are without floor and about 747 consist of one room only.

3030 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3374 are connected to the public water supply, 3533 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 236 households to own a computer, 2107 own a washing machine and 3308 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Izamal

Besides the 1480 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 94 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1363 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4496 persons did not finish the school. 2250 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2423 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1087 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.