San Cristóbal de las Casas - Chiapas

Facts about San Cristóbal de las Casas

Location of San Cristóbal de las Casas

San Cristóbal de las Casas is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.638333
Latitude (dec): 16.736667

Height over sea level of San Cristóbal de las Casas

The locations medium height over sea level is 1940 meters.

Population in San Cristóbal de las Casas

The over all population of San Cristóbal de las Casas is 142364 persons, 68476 of them are male and 73888 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 64316 minors and 78048 adults, with 6400 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of San Cristóbal de las Casas

52526 inhabitants of the location San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 32476 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 1768 people, while 29948 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 43304 citizens of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

Economic situation

In San Cristóbal de las Casas exist about 30318 households.

Of these households 30673 are common houses or apartments, 3908 are without floor and about 2857 consist of one room only.

27407 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 25110 are connected to the public water supply, 27660 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4946 households to own a computer, 9850 own a washing machine and 25353 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Besides the 10813 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2147 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

10388 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 28225 persons did not finish the school. 14242 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 32398 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12842 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.