Nuevo Sonora - Chiapas

Facts about Nuevo Sonora

Location of Nuevo Sonora

Nuevo Sonora is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.886667
Latitude (dec): 17.421944

Height over sea level of Nuevo Sonora

The locations medium height over sea level is 250 meters.

Population in Nuevo Sonora

The over all population of Nuevo Sonora is 558 persons, 265 of them are male and 293 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 280 minors and 278 adults, with 30 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Sonora

431 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Sonora in Mexico live in indigenous households. 279 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 10 people, while 248 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 344 citizens of Nuevo Sonora.

Economic situation

In Nuevo Sonora exist about 108 households.

Of these households 109 are common houses or apartments, 22 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

105 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 108 are connected to the public water supply, 108 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 17 own a washing machine and 66 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Sonora

Besides the 108 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 16 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

101 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 161 persons did not finish the school. 33 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 24 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 34 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.