Maravilla Tenejapa - Chiapas

Facts about Maravilla Tenejapa

Location of Maravilla Tenejapa

Maravilla Tenejapa is located in the municipality of Maravilla Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.295556
Latitude (dec): 16.139167

Height over sea level of Maravilla Tenejapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 400 meters.

Population in Maravilla Tenejapa

The over all population of Maravilla Tenejapa is 850 persons, 435 of them are male and 415 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 458 minors and 392 adults, with 42 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Maravilla Tenejapa

598 inhabitants of the location Maravilla Tenejapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 466 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 438 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 52 citizens of Maravilla Tenejapa.

Economic situation

In Maravilla Tenejapa exist about 160 households.

Of these households 157 are common houses or apartments, 21 are without floor and about 18 consist of one room only.

153 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 93 are connected to the public water supply, 150 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 19 own a washing machine and 106 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Maravilla Tenejapa

Besides the 108 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 14 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

148 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 173 persons did not finish the school. 95 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 36 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 49 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.