Chimhucum - Chiapas

Facts about Chimhucum

Location of Chimhucum

Chimhucum is located in the municipality of Mitontic in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.531111
Latitude (dec): 16.891944

Height over sea level of Chimhucum

The locations medium height over sea level is 1780 meters.

Population in Chimhucum

The over all population of Chimhucum is 933 persons, 457 of them are male and 476 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 535 minors and 398 adults, with 45 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chimhucum

928 inhabitants of the location Chimhucum in Mexico live in indigenous households. 774 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 453 people, while 321 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 40 citizens of Chimhucum.

Economic situation

In Chimhucum exist about 197 households.

Of these households 198 are common houses or apartments, 182 are without floor and about 17 consist of one room only.

191 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1 are connected to the public water supply, 195 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 33 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chimhucum

Besides the 299 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 67 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

256 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 169 persons did not finish the school. 25 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.