Sihunchén - Yucatán

Facts about Sihunchén

Location of Sihunchén

Sihunchén is located in the municipality of Abalá in the Mexican state of Yucatán with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -89.681389
Latitude (dec): 20.691944

Height over sea level of Sihunchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 12 meters.

Population in Sihunchén

The over all population of Sihunchén is 336 persons, 174 of them are male and 162 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 123 minors and 213 adults, with 29 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Sihunchén

274 inhabitants of the location Sihunchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 140 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 1 people, while 137 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 250 citizens of Sihunchén.

Economic situation

In Sihunchén exist about 90 households.

Of these households 84 are common houses or apartments, 0 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

53 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 78 are connected to the public water supply, 83 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 47 own a washing machine and 78 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Sihunchén

Besides the 30 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

28 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 146 persons did not finish the school. 32 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 18 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 5 years.