Tecpatán - Chiapas

Facts about Tecpatán

Location of Tecpatán

Tecpatán is located in the municipality of Tecpatán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.311111
Latitude (dec): 17.136111

Height over sea level of Tecpatán

The locations medium height over sea level is 320 meters.

Population in Tecpatán

The over all population of Tecpatán is 3870 persons, 1819 of them are male and 2051 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1590 minors and 2280 adults, with 361 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tecpatán

280 inhabitants of the location Tecpatán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 124 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 118 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1249 citizens of Tecpatán.

Economic situation

In Tecpatán exist about 970 households.

Of these households 963 are common houses or apartments, 141 are without floor and about 149 consist of one room only.

913 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 913 are connected to the public water supply, 931 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 46 households to own a computer, 162 own a washing machine and 801 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tecpatán

Besides the 229 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 36 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

295 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1155 persons did not finish the school. 401 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 678 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 326 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.