La Arena - Chiapas

Facts about La Arena

Location of La Arena

La Arena is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.522222
Latitude (dec): 17.113889

Height over sea level of La Arena

The locations medium height over sea level is 340 meters.

Population in La Arena

The over all population of La Arena is 505 persons, 271 of them are male and 234 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 257 minors and 248 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Arena

472 inhabitants of the location La Arena in Mexico live in indigenous households. 364 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 63 people, while 300 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 4 citizens of La Arena.

Economic situation

In La Arena exist about 69 households.

Of these households 69 are common houses or apartments, 19 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

60 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 64 are connected to the public water supply, 66 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 24 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Arena

Besides the 59 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

65 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 104 persons did not finish the school. 78 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 37 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 58 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.