La Selva - Chiapas

Facts about La Selva

Location of La Selva

La Selva is located in the municipality of Zinacantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.694444
Latitude (dec): 16.754444

Height over sea level of La Selva

The locations medium height over sea level is 2340 meters.

Population in La Selva

The over all population of La Selva is 187 persons, 80 of them are male and 107 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 102 minors and 85 adults, with 7 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Selva

187 inhabitants of the location La Selva in Mexico live in indigenous households. 172 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 40 people, while 130 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 12 citizens of La Selva.

Economic situation

In La Selva exist about 25 households.

Of these households 25 are common houses or apartments, 19 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

21 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 25 are connected to the public water supply, 25 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 14 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Selva

Besides the 25 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 13 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

26 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 80 persons did not finish the school. 0 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

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