Yasha - Chiapas

Facts about Yasha

Location of Yasha

Yasha is located in the municipality of Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.069444
Latitude (dec): 16.392778

Height over sea level of Yasha

The locations medium height over sea level is 1750 meters.

Population in Yasha

The over all population of Yasha is 1631 persons, 801 of them are male and 830 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 829 minors and 802 adults, with 97 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yasha

537 inhabitants of the location Yasha in Mexico live in indigenous households. 189 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 0 people, while 182 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 11 citizens of Yasha.

Economic situation

In Yasha exist about 330 households.

Of these households 305 are common houses or apartments, 56 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

301 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 284 are connected to the public water supply, 296 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 244 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yasha

Besides the 198 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 30 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

194 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 580 persons did not finish the school. 137 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.