Nachig - Chiapas

Facts about Nachig

Location of Nachig

Nachig is located in the municipality of Zinacantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.727222
Latitude (dec): 16.728333

Height over sea level of Nachig

The locations medium height over sea level is 2120 meters.

Population in Nachig

The over all population of Nachig is 2580 persons, 1210 of them are male and 1370 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1345 minors and 1235 adults, with 111 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nachig

2579 inhabitants of the location Nachig in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2209 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 921 people, while 1283 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 13 citizens of Nachig.

Economic situation

In Nachig exist about 483 households.

Of these households 483 are common houses or apartments, 188 are without floor and about 120 consist of one room only.

385 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 424 are connected to the public water supply, 481 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 6 own a washing machine and 306 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nachig

Besides the 614 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 244 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

594 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 686 persons did not finish the school. 110 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 34 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 70 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.