El Arenal - Chiapas

Facts about El Arenal

Location of El Arenal

El Arenal is located in the municipality of Metapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.189444
Latitude (dec): 14.812222

Height over sea level of El Arenal

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in El Arenal

The over all population of El Arenal is 466 persons, 239 of them are male and 227 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 182 minors and 284 adults, with 46 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Arenal

9 inhabitants of the location El Arenal in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2 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 2 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 110 citizens of El Arenal.

Economic situation

In El Arenal exist about 110 households.

Of these households 106 are common houses or apartments, 16 are without floor and about 25 consist of one room only.

101 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 63 are connected to the public water supply, 106 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 4 households to own a computer, 23 own a washing machine and 91 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Arenal

Besides the 69 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

64 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 116 persons did not finish the school. 45 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 81 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 32 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.