Nueva Samaria - Chiapas

Facts about Nueva Samaria

Location of Nueva Samaria

Nueva Samaria is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.613333
Latitude (dec): 17.197222

Height over sea level of Nueva Samaria

The locations medium height over sea level is 400 meters.

Population in Nueva Samaria

The over all population of Nueva Samaria is 610 persons, 303 of them are male and 307 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 358 minors and 252 adults, with 21 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Samaria

534 inhabitants of the location Nueva Samaria in Mexico live in indigenous households. 355 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 39 people, while 315 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Nueva Samaria.

Economic situation

In Nueva Samaria exist about 89 households.

Of these households 91 are common houses or apartments, 60 are without floor and about 11 consist of one room only.

69 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 88 are connected to the public water supply, 83 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 23 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nueva Samaria

Besides the 88 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

95 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 113 persons did not finish the school. 48 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 39 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 60 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.