El Arenal - Chiapas

Facts about El Arenal

Location of El Arenal

El Arenal is located in the municipality of Ixtacomitán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.107778
Latitude (dec): 17.411667

Height over sea level of El Arenal

The locations medium height over sea level is 300 meters.

Population in El Arenal

The over all population of El Arenal is 301 persons, 147 of them are male and 154 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 154 minors and 147 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Arenal

22 inhabitants of the location El Arenal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 7 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 7 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 18 citizens of El Arenal.

Economic situation

In El Arenal exist about 58 households.

Of these households 55 are common houses or apartments, 26 are without floor and about 7 consist of one room only.

51 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 54 are connected to the public water supply, 52 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 27 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Arenal

Besides the 37 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

29 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 100 persons did not finish the school. 16 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 34 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 43 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.