El Copal - Chiapas

Facts about El Copal

Location of El Copal

El Copal is located in the municipality of Bochil in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.925833
Latitude (dec): 16.968333

Height over sea level of El Copal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1360 meters.

Population in El Copal

The over all population of El Copal is 1040 persons, 507 of them are male and 533 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 539 minors and 501 adults, with 43 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Copal

1040 inhabitants of the location El Copal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 881 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 31 people, while 849 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 82 citizens of El Copal.

Economic situation

In El Copal exist about 205 households.

Of these households 186 are common houses or apartments, 88 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

186 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 16 are connected to the public water supply, 185 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 103 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Copal

Besides the 105 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

109 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 225 persons did not finish the school. 114 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 142 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 95 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.