Saclum - Chiapas

Facts about Saclum

Location of Saclum

Saclum is located in the municipality of Chalchihuitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.605278
Latitude (dec): 17.086111

Height over sea level of Saclum

The locations medium height over sea level is 950 meters.

Population in Saclum

The over all population of Saclum is 592 persons, 296 of them are male and 296 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 325 minors and 267 adults, with 17 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Saclum

592 inhabitants of the location Saclum in Mexico live in indigenous households. 514 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 317 people, while 197 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 42 citizens of Saclum.

Economic situation

In Saclum exist about 125 households.

Of these households 125 are common houses or apartments, 120 are without floor and about 47 consist of one room only.

106 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 117 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 15 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Saclum

Besides the 200 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 68 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

165 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 144 persons did not finish the school. 7 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 14 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.