Cacahoatán - Chiapas

Facts about Cacahoatán

Location of Cacahoatán

Cacahoatán is located in the municipality of Cacahoatán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.165278
Latitude (dec): 14.989167

Height over sea level of Cacahoatán

The locations medium height over sea level is 480 meters.

Population in Cacahoatán

The over all population of Cacahoatán is 14969 persons, 7143 of them are male and 7826 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 6138 minors and 8831 adults, with 1245 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cacahoatán

108 inhabitants of the location Cacahoatán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 35 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 31 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 5846 citizens of Cacahoatán.

Economic situation

In Cacahoatán exist about 3485 households.

Of these households 3465 are common houses or apartments, 365 are without floor and about 631 consist of one room only.

3355 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3158 are connected to the public water supply, 3389 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 365 households to own a computer, 836 own a washing machine and 3059 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cacahoatán

Besides the 1447 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 224 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

1474 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 3132 persons did not finish the school. 1878 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3280 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1300 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.