Cintalapa - Chiapas

Facts about Cintalapa

Location of Cintalapa

Cintalapa is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.361389
Latitude (dec): 16.923056

Height over sea level of Cintalapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 500 meters.

Population in Cintalapa

The over all population of Cintalapa is 1402 persons, 719 of them are male and 683 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 986 minors and 416 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cintalapa

931 inhabitants of the location Cintalapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 788 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 272 people, while 507 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Cintalapa.

Economic situation

In Cintalapa exist about 171 households.

Of these households 250 are common houses or apartments, 142 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

154 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 165 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 1 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cintalapa

Besides the 194 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

192 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 186 persons did not finish the school. 78 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 48 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.