Yaxala - Chiapas

Facts about Yaxala

Location of Yaxala

Yaxala is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.701389
Latitude (dec): 16.898333

Height over sea level of Yaxala

The locations medium height over sea level is 1280 meters.

Population in Yaxala

The over all population of Yaxala is 185 persons, 90 of them are male and 95 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 90 minors and 95 adults, with 13 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yaxala

185 inhabitants of the location Yaxala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 149 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 32 people, while 114 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yaxala exist about 36 households.

Of these households 34 are common houses or apartments, 17 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

32 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 31 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 10 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yaxala

Besides the 50 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

50 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 48 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 4 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.