Samaria - Chiapas

Facts about Samaria

Location of Samaria

Samaria is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.225278
Latitude (dec): 17.099444

Height over sea level of Samaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 890 meters.

Population in Samaria

The over all population of Samaria is 141 persons, 68 of them are male and 73 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 62 minors and 79 adults, with 5 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Samaria

141 inhabitants of the location Samaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 123 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 54 people, while 69 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Samaria exist about 27 households.

Of these households 27 are common houses or apartments, 20 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

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

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 3 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Samaria

Besides the 39 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

39 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 30 persons did not finish the school. 10 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 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 4 years.