Chapab - Yucatán

Facts about Chapab

Location of Chapab

Chapab is located in the municipality of Chapab in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.458333
Latitude (dec): 20.458333

Height over sea level of Chapab

The locations medium height over sea level is 17 meters.

Population in Chapab

The over all population of Chapab is 2057 persons, 1030 of them are male and 1027 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 772 minors and 1285 adults, with 237 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chapab

2040 inhabitants of the location Chapab in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1567 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 112 people, while 1450 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 374 citizens of Chapab.

Economic situation

In Chapab exist about 509 households.

Of these households 483 are common houses or apartments, 37 are without floor and about 46 consist of one room only.

191 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 429 are connected to the public water supply, 467 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 12 households to own a computer, 267 own a washing machine and 387 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chapab

Besides the 254 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

198 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 741 persons did not finish the school. 275 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 206 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 120 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.