Guaquitepec - Chiapas

Facts about Guaquitepec

Location of Guaquitepec

Guaquitepec is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.288889
Latitude (dec): 16.981389

Height over sea level of Guaquitepec

The locations medium height over sea level is 1160 meters.

Population in Guaquitepec

The over all population of Guaquitepec is 2304 persons, 1172 of them are male and 1132 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1230 minors and 1074 adults, with 136 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Guaquitepec

2296 inhabitants of the location Guaquitepec in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1886 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 836 people, while 1050 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of Guaquitepec.

Economic situation

In Guaquitepec exist about 456 households.

Of these households 437 are common houses or apartments, 322 are without floor and about 4 consist of one room only.

408 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 408 are connected to the public water supply, 432 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 249 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Guaquitepec

Besides the 611 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 110 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

583 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 448 persons did not finish the school. 84 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 84 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 119 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.