Nuevo Zinacantán - Chiapas

Facts about Nuevo Zinacantán

Location of Nuevo Zinacantán

Nuevo Zinacantán is located in the municipality of Teopisca in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.520833
Latitude (dec): 16.603889

Height over sea level of Nuevo Zinacantán

The locations medium height over sea level is 2100 meters.

Population in Nuevo Zinacantán

The over all population of Nuevo Zinacantán is 492 persons, 238 of them are male and 254 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 283 minors and 209 adults, with 10 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Zinacantán

442 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Zinacantán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 348 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 31 people, while 311 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Nuevo Zinacantán exist about 83 households.

Of these households 84 are common houses or apartments, 41 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

78 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 82 are connected to the public water supply, 78 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 7 own a washing machine and 39 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Zinacantán

Besides the 107 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

110 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 125 persons did not finish the school. 9 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 6 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.