El Bosque - Chiapas

Facts about El Bosque

Location of El Bosque

El Bosque is located in the municipality of El Bosque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.720278
Latitude (dec): 17.061667

Height over sea level of El Bosque

The locations medium height over sea level is 1080 meters.

Population in El Bosque

The over all population of El Bosque is 3952 persons, 1970 of them are male and 1982 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1858 minors and 2094 adults, with 236 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Bosque

3642 inhabitants of the location El Bosque in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2979 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 876 people, while 2065 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1589 citizens of El Bosque.

Economic situation

In El Bosque exist about 912 households.

Of these households 884 are common houses or apartments, 398 are without floor and about 322 consist of one room only.

845 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 838 are connected to the public water supply, 851 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 21 households to own a computer, 44 own a washing machine and 507 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Bosque

Besides the 1013 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 130 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

983 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 737 persons did not finish the school. 263 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 340 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 279 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.