Samahil - Yucatán

Facts about Samahil

Location of Samahil

Samahil is located in the municipality of Samahil in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.889444
Latitude (dec): 20.885833

Height over sea level of Samahil

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Samahil

The over all population of Samahil is 2704 persons, 1342 of them are male and 1362 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1057 minors and 1647 adults, with 211 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Samahil

2149 inhabitants of the location Samahil in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1070 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 8 people, while 985 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1769 citizens of Samahil.

Economic situation

In Samahil exist about 656 households.

Of these households 622 are common houses or apartments, 20 are without floor and about 138 consist of one room only.

425 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 588 are connected to the public water supply, 606 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 343 own a washing machine and 549 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Samahil

Besides the 278 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 19 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

143 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 886 persons did not finish the school. 489 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 185 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 154 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.