Chacalapa - Guerrero

Facts about Chacalapa

Location of Chacalapa

Chacalapa is located in the municipality of Igualapa in the Mexican state of Guerrero with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -98.457778
Latitude (dec): 16.807222

Height over sea level of Chacalapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 520 meters.

Population in Chacalapa

The over all population of Chacalapa is 1385 persons, 644 of them are male and 741 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 730 minors and 655 adults, with 95 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chacalapa

1192 inhabitants of the location Chacalapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 577 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 2 people, while 558 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 18 citizens of Chacalapa.

Economic situation

In Chacalapa exist about 275 households.

Of these households 253 are common houses or apartments, 125 are without floor and about 32 consist of one room only.

74 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 191 are connected to the public water supply, 227 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 6 own a washing machine and 89 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chacalapa

Besides the 235 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 17 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

236 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 335 persons did not finish the school. 111 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 103 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 116 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.