Jiquipilas - Chiapas

Facts about Jiquipilas

Location of Jiquipilas

Jiquipilas is located in the municipality of Jiquipilas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -93.650000
Latitude (dec): 16.666667

Height over sea level of Jiquipilas

The locations medium height over sea level is 540 meters.

Population in Jiquipilas

The over all population of Jiquipilas is 9145 persons, 4399 of them are male and 4746 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 3408 minors and 5737 adults, with 934 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jiquipilas

81 inhabitants of the location Jiquipilas in Mexico live in indigenous households. 50 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 44 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 3277 citizens of Jiquipilas.

Economic situation

In Jiquipilas exist about 2278 households.

Of these households 2216 are common houses or apartments, 202 are without floor and about 263 consist of one room only.

2117 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2132 are connected to the public water supply, 2176 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 196 households to own a computer, 926 own a washing machine and 2046 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jiquipilas

Besides the 830 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 66 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

628 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 2409 persons did not finish the school. 1040 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2000 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 858 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 8 years.