Las Margaritas - Chiapas

Facts about Las Margaritas

Location of Las Margaritas

Las Margaritas is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.981667
Latitude (dec): 16.315278

Height over sea level of Las Margaritas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1521 meters.

Population in Las Margaritas

The over all population of Las Margaritas is 17267 persons, 8308 of them are male and 8959 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 7626 minors and 9641 adults, with 1210 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Margaritas

3496 inhabitants of the location Las Margaritas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2062 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 28 people, while 1992 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4488 citizens of Las Margaritas.

Economic situation

In Las Margaritas exist about 3887 households.

Of these households 3858 are common houses or apartments, 591 are without floor and about 161 consist of one room only.

3683 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3721 are connected to the public water supply, 3683 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 383 households to own a computer, 1032 own a washing machine and 3232 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Margaritas

Besides the 1886 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 363 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1945 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4851 persons did not finish the school. 1442 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2511 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1129 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.