El Retiro - Chiapas

Facts about El Retiro

Location of El Retiro

El Retiro is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.362778
Latitude (dec): 16.797778

Height over sea level of El Retiro

The locations medium height over sea level is 2100 meters.

Population in El Retiro

The over all population of El Retiro is 588 persons, 299 of them are male and 289 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 302 minors and 286 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Retiro

588 inhabitants of the location El Retiro in Mexico live in indigenous households. 496 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 147 people, while 348 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 507 citizens of El Retiro.

Economic situation

In El Retiro exist about 91 households.

Of these households 91 are common houses or apartments, 76 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

91 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 80 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 13 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Retiro

Besides the 82 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 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 191 persons did not finish the school. 44 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 31 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.