Ostuacán - Chiapas

Facts about Ostuacán

Location of Ostuacán

Ostuacán is located in the municipality of Ostuacán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.336667
Latitude (dec): 17.405556

Height over sea level of Ostuacán

The locations medium height over sea level is 100 meters.

Population in Ostuacán

The over all population of Ostuacán is 3278 persons, 1623 of them are male and 1655 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1580 minors and 1698 adults, with 242 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Ostuacán

170 inhabitants of the location Ostuacán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 51 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 0 people, while 39 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 409 citizens of Ostuacán.

Economic situation

In Ostuacán exist about 709 households.

Of these households 749 are common houses or apartments, 86 are without floor and about 84 consist of one room only.

484 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 636 are connected to the public water supply, 651 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 21 households to own a computer, 126 own a washing machine and 473 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ostuacán

Besides the 293 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 36 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

323 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 807 persons did not finish the school. 345 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 420 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 213 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.