Damasco - Chiapas

Facts about Damasco

Location of Damasco

Damasco is located in the municipality of Teopisca in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.507500
Latitude (dec): 16.582222

Height over sea level of Damasco

The locations medium height over sea level is 2360 meters.

Population in Damasco

The over all population of Damasco is 242 persons, 124 of them are male and 118 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 129 minors and 113 adults, with 6 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Damasco

242 inhabitants of the location Damasco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 203 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 50 people, while 151 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Damasco exist about 45 households.

Of these households 45 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 6 consist of one room only.

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

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 9 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Damasco

Besides the 74 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

74 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 57 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 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.