Las Maravillas - Chiapas

Facts about Las Maravillas

Location of Las Maravillas

Las Maravillas is located in the municipality of Jitotol in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.890278
Latitude (dec): 17.096111

Height over sea level of Las Maravillas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in Las Maravillas

The over all population of Las Maravillas is 1629 persons, 821 of them are male and 808 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 909 minors and 720 adults, with 78 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Maravillas

1583 inhabitants of the location Las Maravillas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1284 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 62 people, while 1203 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 13 citizens of Las Maravillas.

Economic situation

In Las Maravillas exist about 287 households.

Of these households 268 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 65 consist of one room only.

189 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 256 are connected to the public water supply, 261 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 102 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Maravillas

Besides the 159 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

141 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 385 persons did not finish the school. 160 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 92 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 65 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.