Huixtán - Chiapas

Facts about Huixtán

Location of Huixtán

Huixtán is located in the municipality of Huixtán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.452778
Latitude (dec): 16.710000

Height over sea level of Huixtán

The locations medium height over sea level is 1990 meters.

Population in Huixtán

The over all population of Huixtán is 1546 persons, 771 of them are male and 775 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 691 minors and 855 adults, with 141 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Huixtán

1427 inhabitants of the location Huixtán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1145 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 254 people, while 834 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 117 citizens of Huixtán.

Economic situation

In Huixtán exist about 316 households.

Of these households 314 are common houses or apartments, 166 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

300 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 286 are connected to the public water supply, 297 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 5 households to own a computer, 38 own a washing machine and 153 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Huixtán

Besides the 350 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

310 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 358 persons did not finish the school. 107 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 171 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 127 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.