Soconusco - Chiapas

Facts about Soconusco

Location of Soconusco

Soconusco is located in the municipality of Acapetahua in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.726944
Latitude (dec): 15.314167

Height over sea level of Soconusco

The locations medium height over sea level is 30 meters.

Population in Soconusco

The over all population of Soconusco is 2426 persons, 1154 of them are male and 1272 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1044 minors and 1382 adults, with 280 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Soconusco

15 inhabitants of the location Soconusco in Mexico live in indigenous households. 7 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 0 people, while 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 284 citizens of Soconusco.

Economic situation

In Soconusco exist about 639 households.

Of these households 617 are common houses or apartments, 79 are without floor and about 117 consist of one room only.

558 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 222 are connected to the public water supply, 592 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 16 households to own a computer, 113 own a washing machine and 500 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Soconusco

Besides the 363 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 41 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

373 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 733 persons did not finish the school. 227 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 240 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 178 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.