Tekantó - Yucatán

Facts about Tekantó

Location of Tekantó

Tekantó is located in the municipality of Tekantó in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.105556
Latitude (dec): 21.010556

Height over sea level of Tekantó

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Tekantó

The over all population of Tekantó is 3151 persons, 1543 of them are male and 1608 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1064 minors and 2087 adults, with 460 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tekantó

2161 inhabitants of the location Tekantó in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1077 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 9 people, while 1033 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1262 citizens of Tekantó.

Economic situation

In Tekantó exist about 791 households.

Of these households 780 are common houses or apartments, 23 are without floor and about 120 consist of one room only.

658 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 677 are connected to the public water supply, 743 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 12 households to own a computer, 379 own a washing machine and 671 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tekantó

Besides the 386 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 18 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

381 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 991 persons did not finish the school. 550 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 319 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 186 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.