Las Tazas - Chiapas

Facts about Las Tazas

Location of Las Tazas

Las Tazas is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.614722
Latitude (dec): 16.758611

Height over sea level of Las Tazas

The locations medium height over sea level is 600 meters.

Population in Las Tazas

The over all population of Las Tazas is 1600 persons, 794 of them are male and 806 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1051 minors and 549 adults, with 44 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Tazas

1263 inhabitants of the location Las Tazas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1053 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 386 people, while 659 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Las Tazas exist about 195 households.

Of these households 229 are common houses or apartments, 154 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

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

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

School and education in Las Tazas

Besides the 214 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

206 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 325 persons did not finish the school. 88 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 19 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 53 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.