Nueva Betania - Chiapas

Facts about Nueva Betania

Location of Nueva Betania

Nueva Betania is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.693333
Latitude (dec): 17.256389

Height over sea level of Nueva Betania

The locations medium height over sea level is 260 meters.

Population in Nueva Betania

The over all population of Nueva Betania is 642 persons, 317 of them are male and 325 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 338 minors and 304 adults, with 39 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Betania

642 inhabitants of the location Nueva Betania in Mexico live in indigenous households. 546 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 88 people, while 458 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 25 citizens of Nueva Betania.

Economic situation

In Nueva Betania exist about 100 households.

Of these households 99 are common houses or apartments, 15 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

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

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 5 own a washing machine and 54 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nueva Betania

Besides the 91 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 3 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

81 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 138 persons did not finish the school. 54 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 87 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.