Damasco - Chiapas

Facts about Damasco

Location of Damasco

Damasco is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.601389
Latitude (dec): 17.164444

Height over sea level of Damasco

The locations medium height over sea level is 360 meters.

Population in Damasco

The over all population of Damasco is 2095 persons, 1074 of them are male and 1021 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1188 minors and 907 adults, with 86 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Damasco

2086 inhabitants of the location Damasco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1742 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 319 people, while 1409 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of Damasco.

Economic situation

In Damasco exist about 353 households.

Of these households 314 are common houses or apartments, 130 are without floor and about 30 consist of one room only.

277 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 302 are connected to the public water supply, 303 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 138 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Damasco

Besides the 320 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

326 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 386 persons did not finish the school. 204 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 165 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 197 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.