Tapalapa - Chiapas

Facts about Tapalapa

Location of Tapalapa

Tapalapa is located in the municipality of Tapalapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.105000
Latitude (dec): 17.190000

Height over sea level of Tapalapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 1720 meters.

Population in Tapalapa

The over all population of Tapalapa is 1866 persons, 875 of them are male and 991 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 891 minors and 975 adults, with 142 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tapalapa

1848 inhabitants of the location Tapalapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1527 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 41 people, while 1478 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 110 citizens of Tapalapa.

Economic situation

In Tapalapa exist about 431 households.

Of these households 402 are common houses or apartments, 62 are without floor and about 34 consist of one room only.

389 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 392 are connected to the public water supply, 393 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 24 households to own a computer, 16 own a washing machine and 243 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tapalapa

Besides the 208 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 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 594 persons did not finish the school. 136 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 186 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 132 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.