Cañas - Zacatecas

Facts about Cañas

Location of Cañas

Cañas is located in the municipality of Sain Alto in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.244167
Latitude (dec): 23.743611

Height over sea level of Cañas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2040 meters.

Population in Cañas

The over all population of Cañas is 1229 persons, 601 of them are male and 628 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 540 minors and 689 adults, with 123 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cañas

3 inhabitants of the location Cañas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3 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 0 people, while 3 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 189 citizens of Cañas.

Economic situation

In Cañas exist about 300 households.

Of these households 287 are common houses or apartments, 21 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

149 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 280 are connected to the public water supply, 281 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 108 own a washing machine and 272 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cañas

Besides the 83 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

63 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 535 persons did not finish the school. 119 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 47 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 48 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.