Cruz Obispo - Chiapas

Facts about Cruz Obispo

Location of Cruz Obispo

Cruz Obispo is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.683611
Latitude (dec): 16.771389

Height over sea level of Cruz Obispo

The locations medium height over sea level is 2360 meters.

Population in Cruz Obispo

The over all population of Cruz Obispo is 393 persons, 191 of them are male and 202 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 170 minors and 223 adults, with 34 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cruz Obispo

393 inhabitants of the location Cruz Obispo in Mexico live in indigenous households. 351 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 198 people, while 152 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 38 citizens of Cruz Obispo.

Economic situation

In Cruz Obispo exist about 99 households.

Of these households 99 are common houses or apartments, 45 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

94 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 86 are connected to the public water supply, 97 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 44 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cruz Obispo

Besides the 163 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 21 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

164 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 56 persons did not finish the school. 20 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 7 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 10 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.