Pacanam - Chiapas

Facts about Pacanam

Location of Pacanam

Pacanam is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.573611
Latitude (dec): 17.051389

Height over sea level of Pacanam

The locations medium height over sea level is 920 meters.

Population in Pacanam

The over all population of Pacanam is 229 persons, 109 of them are male and 120 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 115 minors and 114 adults, with 6 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pacanam

229 inhabitants of the location Pacanam in Mexico live in indigenous households. 198 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 50 people, while 148 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Pacanam.

Economic situation

In Pacanam exist about 49 households.

Of these households 48 are common houses or apartments, 48 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

46 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 45 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 4 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pacanam

Besides the 41 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 80 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 7 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.