Chunchucmil - Yucatán

Facts about Chunchucmil

Location of Chunchucmil

Chunchucmil is located in the municipality of Maxcanú in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -90.213889
Latitude (dec): 20.643056

Height over sea level of Chunchucmil

The locations medium height over sea level is 13 meters.

Population in Chunchucmil

The over all population of Chunchucmil is 941 persons, 451 of them are male and 490 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 405 minors and 536 adults, with 69 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chunchucmil

881 inhabitants of the location Chunchucmil in Mexico live in indigenous households. 458 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 21 people, while 436 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 206 citizens of Chunchucmil.

Economic situation

In Chunchucmil exist about 194 households.

Of these households 162 are common houses or apartments, 16 are without floor and about 50 consist of one room only.

31 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 143 are connected to the public water supply, 153 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 83 own a washing machine and 138 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chunchucmil

Besides the 155 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

112 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 341 persons did not finish the school. 116 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 23 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 28 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.