Cuna Maya - Quintana Roo

Facts about Cuna Maya

Location of Cuna Maya

Cuna Maya is located in the municipality of Benito Juárez in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -86.890000
Latitude (dec): 21.165833

Height over sea level of Cuna Maya

The locations medium height over sea level is 10 meters.

Population in Cuna Maya

The over all population of Cuna Maya is 763 persons, 407 of them are male and 356 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 496 minors and 267 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cuna Maya

158 inhabitants of the location Cuna Maya in Mexico live in indigenous households. 73 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 70 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 172 citizens of Cuna Maya.

Economic situation

In Cuna Maya exist about 104 households.

Of these households 184 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 52 consist of one room only.

76 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 62 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 29 own a washing machine and 58 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cuna Maya

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

32 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 171 persons did not finish the school. 59 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 24 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.