Siltepec - Chiapas

Facts about Siltepec

Location of Siltepec

Siltepec is located in the municipality of Siltepec in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.322500
Latitude (dec): 15.556944

Height over sea level of Siltepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1580 meters.

Population in Siltepec

The over all population of Siltepec is 3181 persons, 1517 of them are male and 1664 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1461 minors and 1720 adults, with 194 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Siltepec

10 inhabitants of the location Siltepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 10 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 8 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 714 citizens of Siltepec.

Economic situation

In Siltepec exist about 598 households.

Of these households 594 are common houses or apartments, 111 are without floor and about 44 consist of one room only.

572 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 546 are connected to the public water supply, 575 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 26 households to own a computer, 122 own a washing machine and 479 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Siltepec

Besides the 240 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 34 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

193 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 916 persons did not finish the school. 362 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 465 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 239 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.