Mazatán - Chiapas

Facts about Mazatán

Location of Mazatán

Mazatán is located in the municipality of Mazatán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.450000
Latitude (dec): 14.862500

Height over sea level of Mazatán

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Mazatán

The over all population of Mazatán is 5997 persons, 2868 of them are male and 3129 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2207 minors and 3790 adults, with 605 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mazatán

95 inhabitants of the location Mazatán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 62 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 59 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2408 citizens of Mazatán.

Economic situation

In Mazatán exist about 1491 households.

Of these households 1449 are common houses or apartments, 315 are without floor and about 212 consist of one room only.

1365 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 664 are connected to the public water supply, 1399 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 62 households to own a computer, 586 own a washing machine and 1281 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mazatán

Besides the 504 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 50 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

536 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1456 persons did not finish the school. 895 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1248 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 502 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.