Aguacatenango - Chiapas

Facts about Aguacatenango

Location of Aguacatenango

Aguacatenango is located in the municipality of Venustiano Carranza in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.407778
Latitude (dec): 16.472222

Height over sea level of Aguacatenango

The locations medium height over sea level is 1760 meters.

Population in Aguacatenango

The over all population of Aguacatenango is 3020 persons, 1504 of them are male and 1516 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1783 minors and 1237 adults, with 134 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Aguacatenango

2689 inhabitants of the location Aguacatenango in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2229 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 49 people, while 1985 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3 citizens of Aguacatenango.

Economic situation

In Aguacatenango exist about 538 households.

Of these households 554 are common houses or apartments, 337 are without floor and about 74 consist of one room only.

66 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 419 are connected to the public water supply, 457 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 217 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Aguacatenango

Besides the 771 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 74 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

745 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 584 persons did not finish the school. 77 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 71 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.