Popolá - Yucatán

Facts about Popolá

Location of Popolá

Popolá is located in the municipality of Valladolid in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.236111
Latitude (dec): 20.731944

Height over sea level of Popolá

The locations medium height over sea level is 25 meters.

Population in Popolá

The over all population of Popolá is 3799 persons, 1866 of them are male and 1933 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1807 minors and 1992 adults, with 259 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Popolá

3796 inhabitants of the location Popolá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3222 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 743 people, while 2418 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2071 citizens of Popolá.

Economic situation

In Popolá exist about 781 households.

Of these households 764 are common houses or apartments, 268 are without floor and about 312 consist of one room only.

83 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 596 are connected to the public water supply, 668 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 11 households to own a computer, 123 own a washing machine and 507 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Popolá

Besides the 665 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 43 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

386 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1471 persons did not finish the school. 293 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 101 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 169 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.