Candelaria - Chiapas

Facts about Candelaria

Location of Candelaria

Candelaria is located in the municipality of La Independencia in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.652778
Latitude (dec): 16.183611

Height over sea level of Candelaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 1070 meters.

Population in Candelaria

The over all population of Candelaria is 330 persons, 149 of them are male and 181 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 156 minors and 174 adults, with 22 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Candelaria

0 inhabitants of the location Candelaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 1 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Candelaria exist about 66 households.

Of these households 66 are common houses or apartments, 37 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

65 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 66 are connected to the public water supply, 61 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 27 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Candelaria

Besides the 54 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 15 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

47 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 141 persons did not finish the school. 7 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 0 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.