Mitzitón - Chiapas

Facts about Mitzitón

Location of Mitzitón

Mitzitón is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.547778
Latitude (dec): 16.644722

Height over sea level of Mitzitón

The locations medium height over sea level is 2540 meters.

Population in Mitzitón

The over all population of Mitzitón is 1498 persons, 744 of them are male and 754 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 818 minors and 680 adults, with 55 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mitzitón

1476 inhabitants of the location Mitzitón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1213 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 347 people, while 839 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of Mitzitón.

Economic situation

In Mitzitón exist about 245 households.

Of these households 244 are common houses or apartments, 217 are without floor and about 66 consist of one room only.

228 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 238 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 64 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mitzitón

Besides the 270 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 70 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

251 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 489 persons did not finish the school. 23 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 19 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.