Paredón - Chiapas

Facts about Paredón

Location of Paredón

Paredón is located in the municipality of Tonalá in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.866944
Latitude (dec): 16.050278

Height over sea level of Paredón

The locations medium height over sea level is 3 meters.

Population in Paredón

The over all population of Paredón is 6045 persons, 2968 of them are male and 3077 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2645 minors and 3400 adults, with 436 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Paredón

60 inhabitants of the location Paredón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 30 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 28 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 544 citizens of Paredón.

Economic situation

In Paredón exist about 1476 households.

Of these households 1369 are common houses or apartments, 73 are without floor and about 283 consist of one room only.

1230 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 717 are connected to the public water supply, 1331 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 34 households to own a computer, 616 own a washing machine and 1095 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Paredón

Besides the 728 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 85 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

653 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1859 persons did not finish the school. 574 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 672 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 372 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.