Comitán de Domínguez - Chiapas

Facts about Comitán de Domínguez

Location of Comitán de Domínguez

Comitán de Domínguez is located in the municipality of Comitán de Domínguez in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.134167
Latitude (dec): 16.251111

Height over sea level of Comitán de Domínguez

The locations medium height over sea level is 1630 meters.

Population in Comitán de Domínguez

The over all population of Comitán de Domínguez is 83571 persons, 39640 of them are male and 43931 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 33504 minors and 50067 adults, with 5661 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Comitán de Domínguez

4591 inhabitants of the location Comitán de Domínguez in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2704 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 30 people, while 2552 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 25976 citizens of Comitán de Domínguez.

Economic situation

In Comitán de Domínguez exist about 19803 households.

Of these households 19647 are common houses or apartments, 2069 are without floor and about 1446 consist of one room only.

18446 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 18249 are connected to the public water supply, 18684 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2875 households to own a computer, 8232 own a washing machine and 17854 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Comitán de Domínguez

Besides the 6492 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1383 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

6531 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 21129 persons did not finish the school. 9829 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16861 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6495 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.