Sierra Vieja - Zacatecas

Facts about Sierra Vieja

Location of Sierra Vieja

Sierra Vieja is located in the municipality of Villa de Cos in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -102.132222
Latitude (dec): 23.495278

Height over sea level of Sierra Vieja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1950 meters.

Population in Sierra Vieja

The over all population of Sierra Vieja is 173 persons, 93 of them are male and 80 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 69 minors and 104 adults, with 19 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Sierra Vieja

2 inhabitants of the location Sierra Vieja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 5 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 5 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 74 citizens of Sierra Vieja.

Economic situation

In Sierra Vieja exist about 45 households.

Of these households 44 are common houses or apartments, 3 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

35 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 39 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 31 own a washing machine and 37 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Sierra Vieja

Besides the 9 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

10 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 76 persons did not finish the school. 17 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.