Primer Cantón - Chiapas

Facts about Primer Cantón

Location of Primer Cantón

Primer Cantón is located in the municipality of Tuzantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.440278
Latitude (dec): 15.122778

Height over sea level of Primer Cantón

The locations medium height over sea level is 20 meters.

Population in Primer Cantón

The over all population of Primer Cantón is 1205 persons, 585 of them are male and 620 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 531 minors and 674 adults, with 101 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Primer Cantón

9 inhabitants of the location Primer Cantón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 4 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 4 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 86 citizens of Primer Cantón.

Economic situation

In Primer Cantón exist about 270 households.

Of these households 262 are common houses or apartments, 82 are without floor and about 65 consist of one room only.

200 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 133 are connected to the public water supply, 248 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 6 households to own a computer, 30 own a washing machine and 217 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Primer Cantón

Besides the 117 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

136 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 365 persons did not finish the school. 138 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 134 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 105 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.