Aldama - Chiapas

Facts about Aldama

Location of Aldama

Aldama is located in the municipality of Aldama in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.688056
Latitude (dec): 16.917500

Height over sea level of Aldama

The locations medium height over sea level is 1810 meters.

Population in Aldama

The over all population of Aldama is 1081 persons, 526 of them are male and 555 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 669 minors and 412 adults, with 36 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Aldama

983 inhabitants of the location Aldama in Mexico live in indigenous households. 813 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 357 people, while 453 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 46 citizens of Aldama.

Economic situation

In Aldama exist about 177 households.

Of these households 193 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 36 consist of one room only.

138 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 160 are connected to the public water supply, 148 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 30 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Aldama

Besides the 194 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 26 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

154 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 283 persons did not finish the school. 29 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 13 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 41 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.