Veracruz - Chiapas

Facts about Veracruz

Location of Veracruz

Veracruz is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.998333
Latitude (dec): 16.404722

Height over sea level of Veracruz

The locations medium height over sea level is 1593 meters.

Population in Veracruz

The over all population of Veracruz is 1007 persons, 474 of them are male and 533 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 445 minors and 562 adults, with 77 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Veracruz

999 inhabitants of the location Veracruz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 896 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 26 people, while 859 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 675 citizens of Veracruz.

Economic situation

In Veracruz exist about 202 households.

Of these households 166 are common houses or apartments, 67 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

164 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 135 are connected to the public water supply, 161 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 63 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Veracruz

Besides the 125 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 42 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

90 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 512 persons did not finish the school. 21 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 30 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.