El Ámbar - Chiapas

Facts about El Ámbar

Location of El Ámbar

El Ámbar is located in the municipality of Jitotol in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.833889
Latitude (dec): 17.024444

Height over sea level of El Ámbar

The locations medium height over sea level is 1610 meters.

Population in El Ámbar

The over all population of El Ámbar is 910 persons, 471 of them are male and 439 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 540 minors and 370 adults, with 29 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Ámbar

910 inhabitants of the location El Ámbar in Mexico live in indigenous households. 729 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 112 people, while 548 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 286 citizens of El Ámbar.

Economic situation

In El Ámbar exist about 171 households.

Of these households 150 are common houses or apartments, 102 are without floor and about 45 consist of one room only.

146 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 140 are connected to the public water supply, 146 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 22 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Ámbar

Besides the 160 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

98 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 207 persons did not finish the school. 41 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 27 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.