Los Ranchos - Chiapas

Facts about Los Ranchos

Location of Los Ranchos

Los Ranchos is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.702222
Latitude (dec): 16.833611

Height over sea level of Los Ranchos

The locations medium height over sea level is 2320 meters.

Population in Los Ranchos

The over all population of Los Ranchos is 519 persons, 226 of them are male and 293 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 287 minors and 232 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Los Ranchos

519 inhabitants of the location Los Ranchos in Mexico live in indigenous households. 424 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 189 people, while 235 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 95 citizens of Los Ranchos.

Economic situation

In Los Ranchos exist about 100 households.

Of these households 100 are common houses or apartments, 71 are without floor and about 23 consist of one room only.

92 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 92 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 21 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Los Ranchos

Besides the 114 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

111 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 149 persons did not finish the school. 3 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.