La Nueva Unión - Chiapas

Facts about La Nueva Unión

Location of La Nueva Unión

La Nueva Unión is located in the municipality of Benemérito de las Américas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -90.772222
Latitude (dec): 16.087778

Height over sea level of La Nueva Unión

The locations medium height over sea level is 180 meters.

Population in La Nueva Unión

The over all population of La Nueva Unión is 503 persons, 258 of them are male and 245 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 257 minors and 246 adults, with 40 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Nueva Unión

503 inhabitants of the location La Nueva Unión in Mexico live in indigenous households. 429 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 70 people, while 357 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of La Nueva Unión.

Economic situation

In La Nueva Unión exist about 100 households.

Of these households 100 are common houses or apartments, 57 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

33 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 98 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 30 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Nueva Unión

Besides the 95 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

103 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 160 persons did not finish the school. 11 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 23 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.