Tentic - Chiapas

Facts about Tentic

Location of Tentic

Tentic is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.684722
Latitude (dec): 16.862778

Height over sea level of Tentic

The locations medium height over sea level is 2120 meters.

Population in Tentic

The over all population of Tentic is 1223 persons, 566 of them are male and 657 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 607 minors and 616 adults, with 65 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tentic

1223 inhabitants of the location Tentic in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1065 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 392 people, while 669 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Tentic.

Economic situation

In Tentic exist about 258 households.

Of these households 257 are common houses or apartments, 78 are without floor and about 37 consist of one room only.

247 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 231 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 62 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tentic

Besides the 343 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 28 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

314 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 348 persons did not finish the school. 44 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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