Pedernal - Chiapas

Facts about Pedernal

Location of Pedernal

Pedernal is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.453889
Latitude (dec): 16.666944

Height over sea level of Pedernal

The locations medium height over sea level is 2220 meters.

Population in Pedernal

The over all population of Pedernal is 519 persons, 254 of them are male and 265 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 222 minors and 297 adults, with 55 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pedernal

247 inhabitants of the location Pedernal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 210 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 16 people, while 182 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 7 citizens of Pedernal.

Economic situation

In Pedernal exist about 123 households.

Of these households 123 are common houses or apartments, 105 are without floor and about 33 consist of one room only.

118 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 17 are connected to the public water supply, 118 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 20 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pedernal

Besides the 135 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

135 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 141 persons did not finish the school. 47 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.