Nuevo Matzám - Chiapas

Facts about Nuevo Matzám

Location of Nuevo Matzám

Nuevo Matzám is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.362778
Latitude (dec): 16.121111

Height over sea level of Nuevo Matzám

The locations medium height over sea level is 380 meters.

Population in Nuevo Matzám

The over all population of Nuevo Matzám is 362 persons, 186 of them are male and 176 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 228 minors and 134 adults, with 13 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Matzám

345 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Matzám in Mexico live in indigenous households. 279 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 261 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Nuevo Matzám.

Economic situation

In Nuevo Matzám exist about 61 households.

Of these households 63 are common houses or apartments, 31 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

60 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 59 are connected to the public water supply, 60 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 9 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Matzám

Besides the 73 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

91 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 59 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.