Alán-Sacjún - Chiapas

Facts about Alán-Sacjún

Location of Alán-Sacjún

Alán-Sacjún is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.054722
Latitude (dec): 17.190278

Height over sea level of Alán-Sacjún

The locations medium height over sea level is 520 meters.

Population in Alán-Sacjún

The over all population of Alán-Sacjún is 1399 persons, 682 of them are male and 717 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 729 minors and 670 adults, with 72 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Alán-Sacjún

1399 inhabitants of the location Alán-Sacjún in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1196 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 357 people, while 807 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 71 citizens of Alán-Sacjún.

Economic situation

In Alán-Sacjún exist about 220 households.

Of these households 210 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

177 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 191 are connected to the public water supply, 183 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 64 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Alán-Sacjún

Besides the 296 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

296 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 269 persons did not finish the school. 91 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 106 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 101 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.