La Candelaria - Chiapas

Facts about La Candelaria

Location of La Candelaria

La Candelaria is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.520833
Latitude (dec): 16.744167

Height over sea level of La Candelaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 2320 meters.

Population in La Candelaria

The over all population of La Candelaria is 1903 persons, 850 of them are male and 1053 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1009 minors and 894 adults, with 104 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Candelaria

1865 inhabitants of the location La Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1606 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 577 people, while 1025 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 61 citizens of La Candelaria.

Economic situation

In La Candelaria exist about 399 households.

Of these households 407 are common houses or apartments, 372 are without floor and about 31 consist of one room only.

396 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 338 are connected to the public water supply, 385 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 111 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Candelaria

Besides the 511 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 61 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

435 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 410 persons did not finish the school. 91 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 42 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.