El Azufre - Chiapas

Facts about El Azufre

Location of El Azufre

El Azufre is located in the municipality of Huitiupán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.645000
Latitude (dec): 17.203889

Height over sea level of El Azufre

The locations medium height over sea level is 725 meters.

Population in El Azufre

The over all population of El Azufre is 707 persons, 367 of them are male and 340 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 352 minors and 355 adults, with 35 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Azufre

707 inhabitants of the location El Azufre in Mexico live in indigenous households. 640 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 25 people, while 614 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 35 citizens of El Azufre.

Economic situation

In El Azufre exist about 149 households.

Of these households 143 are common houses or apartments, 49 are without floor and about 59 consist of one room only.

141 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 133 are connected to the public water supply, 143 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 2 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 64 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Azufre

Besides the 116 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 14 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

112 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 220 persons did not finish the school. 67 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.