Unión Roja - Chiapas

Facts about Unión Roja

Location of Unión Roja

Unión Roja is located in the municipality of Cacahoatán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.217222
Latitude (dec): 15.047778

Height over sea level of Unión Roja

The locations medium height over sea level is 520 meters.

Population in Unión Roja

The over all population of Unión Roja is 1734 persons, 829 of them are male and 905 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 725 minors and 1009 adults, with 163 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Unión Roja

16 inhabitants of the location Unión Roja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 9 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 9 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 318 citizens of Unión Roja.

Economic situation

In Unión Roja exist about 409 households.

Of these households 406 are common houses or apartments, 36 are without floor and about 33 consist of one room only.

387 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 391 are connected to the public water supply, 393 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 3 households to own a computer, 45 own a washing machine and 332 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Unión Roja

Besides the 169 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

177 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 553 persons did not finish the school. 253 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 158 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 112 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.