Amatal - Chiapas

Facts about Amatal

Location of Amatal

Amatal is located in the municipality of Chiapa de Corzo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.991944
Latitude (dec): 16.629167

Height over sea level of Amatal

The locations medium height over sea level is 400 meters.

Population in Amatal

The over all population of Amatal is 515 persons, 263 of them are male and 252 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 193 minors and 322 adults, with 45 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Amatal

16 inhabitants of the location Amatal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 11 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 0 people, while 10 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 124 citizens of Amatal.

Economic situation

In Amatal exist about 133 households.

Of these households 120 are common houses or apartments, 30 are without floor and about 22 consist of one room only.

94 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 85 are connected to the public water supply, 118 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 39 own a washing machine and 107 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Amatal

Besides the 54 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

62 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 172 persons did not finish the school. 62 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 59 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 40 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.