Tenejapa - Chiapas

Facts about Tenejapa

Location of Tenejapa

Tenejapa is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.507222
Latitude (dec): 16.817222

Height over sea level of Tenejapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 2060 meters.

Population in Tenejapa

The over all population of Tenejapa is 1900 persons, 907 of them are male and 993 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 940 minors and 960 adults, with 99 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tenejapa

1826 inhabitants of the location Tenejapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1456 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 365 people, while 1068 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 182 citizens of Tenejapa.

Economic situation

In Tenejapa exist about 336 households.

Of these households 303 are common houses or apartments, 90 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

294 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 291 are connected to the public water supply, 290 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 15 own a washing machine and 211 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tenejapa

Besides the 291 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

220 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 525 persons did not finish the school. 126 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 211 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 126 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.