Yaalhichín - Chiapas

Facts about Yaalhichín

Location of Yaalhichín

Yaalhichín is located in the municipality of Chamula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.675278
Latitude (dec): 16.841111

Height over sea level of Yaalhichín

The locations medium height over sea level is 2100 meters.

Population in Yaalhichín

The over all population of Yaalhichín is 882 persons, 432 of them are male and 450 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 423 minors and 459 adults, with 49 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yaalhichín

882 inhabitants of the location Yaalhichín in Mexico live in indigenous households. 739 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 285 people, while 453 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yaalhichín exist about 197 households.

Of these households 197 are common houses or apartments, 95 are without floor and about 51 consist of one room only.

181 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 160 are connected to the public water supply, 163 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 35 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yaalhichín

Besides the 187 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 37 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

121 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 380 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 12 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.