La Palma - Chiapas

Facts about La Palma

Location of La Palma

La Palma is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.891111
Latitude (dec): 17.066944

Height over sea level of La Palma

The locations medium height over sea level is 1064 meters.

Population in La Palma

The over all population of La Palma is 187 persons, 99 of them are male and 88 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 116 minors and 71 adults, with 3 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Palma

187 inhabitants of the location La Palma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 154 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 49 people, while 105 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In La Palma exist about 27 households.

Of these households 27 are common houses or apartments, 9 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

26 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 26 are connected to the public water supply, 26 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 11 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Palma

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

30 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 35 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.