Nueva Palestina - Chiapas

Facts about Nueva Palestina

Location of Nueva Palestina

Nueva Palestina is located in the municipality of Jiquipilas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.633611
Latitude (dec): 16.492778

Height over sea level of Nueva Palestina

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Nueva Palestina

The over all population of Nueva Palestina is 1096 persons, 537 of them are male and 559 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 367 minors and 729 adults, with 179 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Palestina

10 inhabitants of the location Nueva Palestina in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 85 citizens of Nueva Palestina.

Economic situation

In Nueva Palestina exist about 330 households.

Of these households 322 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

278 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 270 are connected to the public water supply, 318 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 63 own a washing machine and 248 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nueva Palestina

Besides the 157 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 7 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

154 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 403 persons did not finish the school. 158 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 66 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.