Chetumal - Quintana Roo

Facts about Chetumal

Location of Chetumal

Chetumal is located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.305278
Latitude (dec): 18.503611

Height over sea level of Chetumal

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Chetumal

The over all population of Chetumal is 136825 persons, 67039 of them are male and 69786 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 51956 minors and 84869 adults, with 7856 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chetumal

25025 inhabitants of the location Chetumal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 9555 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 24 people, while 9325 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 88734 citizens of Chetumal.

Economic situation

In Chetumal exist about 34562 households.

Of these households 35250 are common houses or apartments, 1287 are without floor and about 5486 consist of one room only.

33170 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 32641 are connected to the public water supply, 33094 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9189 households to own a computer, 27490 own a washing machine and 32336 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chetumal

Besides the 3948 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 536 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

4266 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 25310 persons did not finish the school. 23265 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 39222 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13860 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 9 years.