Chiapa - Colima

Facts about Chiapa

Location of Chiapa

Chiapa is located in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc in the Mexican state of Colima with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.654167
Latitude (dec): 19.337500

Height over sea level of Chiapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 900 meters.

Population in Chiapa

The over all population of Chiapa is 753 persons, 375 of them are male and 378 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 238 minors and 515 adults, with 118 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chiapa

4 inhabitants of the location Chiapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 624 citizens of Chiapa.

Economic situation

In Chiapa exist about 212 households.

Of these households 212 are common houses or apartments, 5 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

196 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 202 are connected to the public water supply, 203 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 12 households to own a computer, 150 own a washing machine and 202 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chiapa

Besides the 46 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

46 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 294 persons did not finish the school. 112 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 93 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 44 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.