Kancabchén - Quintana Roo

Facts about Kancabchén

Location of Kancabchén

Kancabchén is located in the municipality of José María Morelos in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.861667
Latitude (dec): 19.713889

Height over sea level of Kancabchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 100 meters.

Population in Kancabchén

The over all population of Kancabchén is 1035 persons, 505 of them are male and 530 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 503 minors and 532 adults, with 84 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Kancabchén

948 inhabitants of the location Kancabchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 565 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 16 people, while 541 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 50 citizens of Kancabchén.

Economic situation

In Kancabchén exist about 213 households.

Of these households 205 are common houses or apartments, 35 are without floor and about 26 consist of one room only.

135 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 190 are connected to the public water supply, 190 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 119 own a washing machine and 144 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Kancabchén

Besides the 126 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

113 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 275 persons did not finish the school. 179 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 35 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 57 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.