Chiapas - Chiapas

Facts about Chiapas

Location of Chiapas

Chiapas is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.865278
Latitude (dec): 16.383056

Height over sea level of Chiapas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1200 meters.

Population in Chiapas

The over all population of Chiapas is 1742 persons, 869 of them are male and 873 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 816 minors and 926 adults, with 94 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chiapas

1736 inhabitants of the location Chiapas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1473 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 315 people, while 1138 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Chiapas exist about 292 households.

Of these households 293 are common houses or apartments, 139 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

288 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 278 are connected to the public water supply, 282 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 35 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chiapas

Besides the 377 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 104 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

253 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 744 persons did not finish the school. 19 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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