Hecelchakán - Campeche

Facts about Hecelchakán

Location of Hecelchakán

Hecelchakán is located in the municipality of Hecelchakán in the Mexican state of Campeche with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -90.134722
Latitude (dec): 20.176667

Height over sea level of Hecelchakán

The locations medium height over sea level is 15 meters.

Population in Hecelchakán

The over all population of Hecelchakán is 9974 persons, 4922 of them are male and 5052 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3364 minors and 6610 adults, with 1000 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Hecelchakán

6471 inhabitants of the location Hecelchakán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2881 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 24 people, while 2846 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5337 citizens of Hecelchakán.

Economic situation

In Hecelchakán exist about 2412 households.

Of these households 2350 are common houses or apartments, 73 are without floor and about 193 consist of one room only.

2070 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2212 are connected to the public water supply, 2277 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 289 households to own a computer, 1386 own a washing machine and 2090 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Hecelchakán

Besides the 873 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

778 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1983 persons did not finish the school. 1312 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3099 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1200 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.