Ixtapa - Chiapas

Facts about Ixtapa

Location of Ixtapa

Ixtapa is located in the municipality of Ixtapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.904444
Latitude (dec): 16.802778

Height over sea level of Ixtapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1120 meters.

Population in Ixtapa

The over all population of Ixtapa is 5238 persons, 2568 of them are male and 2670 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2166 minors and 3072 adults, with 359 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ixtapa

1408 inhabitants of the location Ixtapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 683 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 16 people, while 629 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1323 citizens of Ixtapa.

Economic situation

In Ixtapa exist about 1179 households.

Of these households 1113 are common houses or apartments, 174 are without floor and about 74 consist of one room only.

1020 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1055 are connected to the public water supply, 1054 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 94 households to own a computer, 317 own a washing machine and 983 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ixtapa

Besides the 528 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 76 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

481 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1323 persons did not finish the school. 619 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 940 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 417 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.