El Niz - Chiapas

Facts about El Niz

Location of El Niz

El Niz is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.214722
Latitude (dec): 16.706667

Height over sea level of El Niz

The locations medium height over sea level is 2000 meters.

Population in El Niz

The over all population of El Niz is 768 persons, 375 of them are male and 393 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 444 minors and 324 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Niz

768 inhabitants of the location El Niz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 626 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 170 people, while 451 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 338 citizens of El Niz.

Economic situation

In El Niz exist about 113 households.

Of these households 113 are common houses or apartments, 93 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

112 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 99 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Niz

Besides the 106 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

66 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 201 persons did not finish the school. 77 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 45 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 69 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.