El Ixcán - Chiapas

Facts about El Ixcán

Location of El Ixcán

El Ixcán is located in the municipality of Maravilla Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.094444
Latitude (dec): 16.087222

Height over sea level of El Ixcán

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in El Ixcán

The over all population of El Ixcán is 630 persons, 339 of them are male and 291 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 321 minors and 309 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Ixcán

18 inhabitants of the location El Ixcán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 14 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 13 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 63 citizens of El Ixcán.

Economic situation

In El Ixcán exist about 101 households.

Of these households 102 are common houses or apartments, 25 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

100 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 3 are connected to the public water supply, 97 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 19 own a washing machine and 43 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Ixcán

Besides the 57 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 33 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

79 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 197 persons did not finish the school. 54 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 21 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 21 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.