El Pacayal - Chiapas

Facts about El Pacayal

Location of El Pacayal

El Pacayal is located in the municipality of Amatenango de la Frontera in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.042500
Latitude (dec): 15.598611

Height over sea level of El Pacayal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1020 meters.

Population in El Pacayal

The over all population of El Pacayal is 2801 persons, 1337 of them are male and 1464 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1171 minors and 1630 adults, with 233 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Pacayal

106 inhabitants of the location El Pacayal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 32 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 3 people, while 28 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 49 citizens of El Pacayal.

Economic situation

In El Pacayal exist about 645 households.

Of these households 644 are common houses or apartments, 111 are without floor and about 60 consist of one room only.

601 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 626 are connected to the public water supply, 637 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 32 households to own a computer, 176 own a washing machine and 495 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Pacayal

Besides the 488 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 33 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

531 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 801 persons did not finish the school. 284 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 225 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 183 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.