Arimatea - Chiapas

Facts about Arimatea

Location of Arimatea

Arimatea is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.875833
Latitude (dec): 17.341111

Height over sea level of Arimatea

The locations medium height over sea level is 260 meters.

Population in Arimatea

The over all population of Arimatea is 1093 persons, 552 of them are male and 541 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 695 minors and 398 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Arimatea

970 inhabitants of the location Arimatea in Mexico live in indigenous households. 804 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 221 people, while 583 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Arimatea exist about 163 households.

Of these households 181 are common houses or apartments, 118 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

58 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 122 are connected to the public water supply, 153 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 23 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Arimatea

Besides the 200 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 79 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

184 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 254 persons did not finish the school. 18 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 32 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.