Tepakán - Yucatán

Facts about Tepakán

Location of Tepakán

Tepakán is located in the municipality of Tepakán in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.038889
Latitude (dec): 21.048611

Height over sea level of Tepakán

The locations medium height over sea level is 9 meters.

Population in Tepakán

The over all population of Tepakán is 1923 persons, 984 of them are male and 939 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 660 minors and 1263 adults, with 313 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tepakán

1752 inhabitants of the location Tepakán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1193 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 25 people, while 1136 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 706 citizens of Tepakán.

Economic situation

In Tepakán exist about 539 households.

Of these households 537 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 124 consist of one room only.

399 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 501 are connected to the public water supply, 489 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 155 own a washing machine and 396 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tepakán

Besides the 483 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

394 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 656 persons did not finish the school. 198 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 131 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 102 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.