Acteal - Chiapas

Facts about Acteal

Location of Acteal

Acteal is located in the municipality of Chenalhó in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.518611
Latitude (dec): 16.987778

Height over sea level of Acteal

The locations medium height over sea level is 1470 meters.

Population in Acteal

The over all population of Acteal is 424 persons, 207 of them are male and 217 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 326 minors and 98 adults, with 14 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Acteal

253 inhabitants of the location Acteal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 214 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 89 people, while 125 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Acteal exist about 36 households.

Of these households 66 are common houses or apartments, 32 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

25 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 7 are connected to the public water supply, 35 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Acteal

Besides the 37 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 44 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

35 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 74 persons did not finish the school. 2 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 5 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.