Chimale - Chiapas

Facts about Chimale

Location of Chimale

Chimale is located in the municipality of El Porvenir in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.239722
Latitude (dec): 15.412222

Height over sea level of Chimale

The locations medium height over sea level is 2100 meters.

Population in Chimale

The over all population of Chimale is 477 persons, 237 of them are male and 240 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 273 minors and 204 adults, with 36 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chimale

159 inhabitants of the location Chimale in Mexico live in indigenous households. 58 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 56 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Chimale exist about 68 households.

Of these households 74 are common houses or apartments, 54 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

63 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 31 are connected to the public water supply, 62 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 18 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chimale

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

26 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 170 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 8 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.