Yalchén - Quintana Roo

Facts about Yalchén

Location of Yalchén

Yalchén is located in the municipality of Solidaridad in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -88.016389
Latitude (dec): 20.309167

Height over sea level of Yalchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 15 meters.

Population in Yalchén

The over all population of Yalchén is 372 persons, 170 of them are male and 202 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 191 minors and 181 adults, with 14 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yalchén

368 inhabitants of the location Yalchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 308 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 75 people, while 233 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6 citizens of Yalchén.

Economic situation

In Yalchén exist about 71 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 55 are without floor and about 32 consist of one room only.

5 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 66 are connected to the public water supply, 56 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 14 own a washing machine and 35 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yalchén

Besides the 53 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

48 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 96 persons did not finish the school. 57 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.