Tzinteel - Chiapas

Facts about Tzinteel

Location of Tzinteel

Tzinteel is located in the municipality of Chilón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.090833
Latitude (dec): 17.231389

Height over sea level of Tzinteel

The locations medium height over sea level is 500 meters.

Population in Tzinteel

The over all population of Tzinteel is 332 persons, 155 of them are male and 177 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 153 minors and 179 adults, with 12 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzinteel

332 inhabitants of the location Tzinteel in Mexico live in indigenous households. 293 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 149 people, while 144 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Tzinteel.

Economic situation

In Tzinteel exist about 70 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 59 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

11 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 6 are connected to the public water supply, 29 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Tzinteel

Besides the 116 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 25 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

115 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 53 persons did not finish the school. 14 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 13 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 15 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.