Jalapa - Chiapas

Facts about Jalapa

Location of Jalapa

Jalapa is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.769722
Latitude (dec): 16.927222

Height over sea level of Jalapa

The locations medium height over sea level is 650 meters.

Population in Jalapa

The over all population of Jalapa is 49 persons, 29 of them are male and 20 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 26 minors and 23 adults, with 1 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Jalapa

45 inhabitants of the location Jalapa in Mexico live in indigenous households. 27 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 11 people, while 16 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Jalapa exist about 10 households.

Of these households 10 are common houses or apartments, 10 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

3 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 5 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 5 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Jalapa

Besides the 14 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

14 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 13 persons did not finish the school. 1 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 2 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.