Las Minas - Chiapas

Facts about Las Minas

Location of Las Minas

Las Minas is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.665278
Latitude (dec): 16.810833

Height over sea level of Las Minas

The locations medium height over sea level is 2370 meters.

Population in Las Minas

The over all population of Las Minas is 429 persons, 206 of them are male and 223 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 210 minors and 219 adults, with 30 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Las Minas

429 inhabitants of the location Las Minas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 338 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 170 people, while 165 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Las Minas exist about 104 households.

Of these households 104 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 68 consist of one room only.

89 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 66 are connected to the public water supply, 79 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 5 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Las Minas

Besides the 121 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 31 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

101 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 132 persons did not finish the school. 5 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.