Ocosingo - Chiapas

Facts about Ocosingo

Location of Ocosingo

Ocosingo is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.096111
Latitude (dec): 16.907222

Height over sea level of Ocosingo

The locations medium height over sea level is 900 meters.

Population in Ocosingo

The over all population of Ocosingo is 35065 persons, 16924 of them are male and 18141 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 16368 minors and 18697 adults, with 1375 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ocosingo

21226 inhabitants of the location Ocosingo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 12302 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 510 people, while 11545 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6938 citizens of Ocosingo.

Economic situation

In Ocosingo exist about 7652 households.

Of these households 7380 are common houses or apartments, 982 are without floor and about 1109 consist of one room only.

7093 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 6927 are connected to the public water supply, 6964 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 714 households to own a computer, 1804 own a washing machine and 6034 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ocosingo

Besides the 3160 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 498 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

3220 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 7410 persons did not finish the school. 3683 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6788 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3352 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.