La Independencia - Chiapas

Facts about La Independencia

Location of La Independencia

La Independencia is located in the municipality of La Independencia in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.022500
Latitude (dec): 16.252222

Height over sea level of La Independencia

The locations medium height over sea level is 1550 meters.

Population in La Independencia

The over all population of La Independencia is 2804 persons, 1337 of them are male and 1467 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1045 minors and 1759 adults, with 288 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Independencia

25 inhabitants of the location La Independencia in Mexico live in indigenous households. 10 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 1252 citizens of La Independencia.

Economic situation

In La Independencia exist about 689 households.

Of these households 666 are common houses or apartments, 192 are without floor and about 25 consist of one room only.

626 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 641 are connected to the public water supply, 651 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 114 own a washing machine and 506 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Independencia

Besides the 205 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 38 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

171 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1106 persons did not finish the school. 401 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 233 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 140 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.