Chicoasén - Chiapas

Facts about Chicoasén

Location of Chicoasén

Chicoasén is located in the municipality of Chicoasén in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.104722
Latitude (dec): 16.965278

Height over sea level of Chicoasén

The locations medium height over sea level is 260 meters.

Population in Chicoasén

The over all population of Chicoasén is 3346 persons, 1627 of them are male and 1719 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1334 minors and 2012 adults, with 255 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chicoasén

38 inhabitants of the location Chicoasén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 18 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 0 people, while 17 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 778 citizens of Chicoasén.

Economic situation

In Chicoasén exist about 869 households.

Of these households 785 are common houses or apartments, 59 are without floor and about 237 consist of one room only.

699 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 770 are connected to the public water supply, 766 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 15 households to own a computer, 197 own a washing machine and 661 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chicoasén

Besides the 370 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 29 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

365 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 982 persons did not finish the school. 546 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 298 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 146 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.