Amatán

Information and facts about the municipality of Amatán

Location of Amatán

The municipality of Amatán is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas México

Population of Amatán

The overall population of the municipality named Amatán is 19637 citizens, 9931 males and 9706 females.

Age distribution

The population of Amatán is divided into 9927 minors and 9710 adults, with 1110 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Amatán

5290 people in Amatán live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 2664 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 156 and 2325 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 268 citizens of Amatán.

Economic situation

In Amatán about 4051 households are registered.

3740 of these households are common houses or apartments, 2114 are without floor and about 320 consist of one room only.

3429 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1874 are connected to the public water supply, 3069 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 9 households to own a computer, 54 own a washing machine and 1343 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Amatán

Besides the 3410 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 553 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

3350 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 5915 persons did not finish the school. 1049 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 835 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1122 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.