Babilonia - Chiapas

Facts about Babilonia

Location of Babilonia

Babilonia is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.990833
Latitude (dec): 17.480278

Height over sea level of Babilonia

The locations medium height over sea level is 120 meters.

Population in Babilonia

The over all population of Babilonia is 728 persons, 351 of them are male and 377 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 388 minors and 340 adults, with 32 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Babilonia

677 inhabitants of the location Babilonia in Mexico live in indigenous households. 562 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 124 people, while 433 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 583 citizens of Babilonia.

Economic situation

In Babilonia exist about 128 households.

Of these households 137 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 16 consist of one room only.

71 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 109 are connected to the public water supply, 113 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 63 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Babilonia

Besides the 156 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 39 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

143 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 192 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 25 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 15 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.