Yorwitz - Chiapas

Facts about Yorwitz

Location of Yorwitz

Yorwitz is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.386111
Latitude (dec): 16.985833

Height over sea level of Yorwitz

The locations medium height over sea level is 1770 meters.

Population in Yorwitz

The over all population of Yorwitz is 516 persons, 257 of them are male and 259 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 324 minors and 192 adults, with 30 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yorwitz

494 inhabitants of the location Yorwitz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 373 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 198 people, while 175 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Yorwitz.

Economic situation

In Yorwitz exist about 91 households.

Of these households 95 are common houses or apartments, 90 are without floor and about 15 consist of one room only.

76 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 24 are connected to the public water supply, 6 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Yorwitz

Besides the 129 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 47 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

128 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 88 persons did not finish the school. 1 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.