Cerro Perote - Chiapas

Facts about Cerro Perote

Location of Cerro Perote

Cerro Perote is located in the municipality of Siltepec in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.431111
Latitude (dec): 15.653333

Height over sea level of Cerro Perote

The locations medium height over sea level is 1320 meters.

Population in Cerro Perote

The over all population of Cerro Perote is 254 persons, 135 of them are male and 119 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 118 minors and 136 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cerro Perote

20 inhabitants of the location Cerro Perote in Mexico live in indigenous households. 9 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 0 people, while 9 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Cerro Perote.

Economic situation

In Cerro Perote exist about 46 households.

Of these households 46 are common houses or apartments, 26 are without floor and about 12 consist of one room only.

45 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 9 are connected to the public water supply, 40 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 19 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cerro Perote

Besides the 53 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

52 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 91 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.