Río Jordán - Chiapas

Facts about Río Jordán

Location of Río Jordán

Río Jordán is located in the municipality of Venustiano Carranza in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.601667
Latitude (dec): 16.186111

Height over sea level of Río Jordán

The locations medium height over sea level is 630 meters.

Population in Río Jordán

The over all population of Río Jordán is 272 persons, 137 of them are male and 135 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 173 minors and 99 adults, with 4 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Río Jordán

262 inhabitants of the location Río Jordán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 212 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 14 people, while 157 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 53 citizens of Río Jordán.

Economic situation

In Río Jordán exist about 44 households.

Of these households 39 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

35 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 30 are connected to the public water supply, 38 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 24 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Río Jordán

Besides the 58 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

55 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 51 persons did not finish the school. 4 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.