Tenango - Chiapas

Facts about Tenango

Location of Tenango

Tenango is located in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.261389
Latitude (dec): 16.904722

Height over sea level of Tenango

The locations medium height over sea level is 1100 meters.

Population in Tenango

The over all population of Tenango is 4447 persons, 2201 of them are male and 2246 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 2576 minors and 1871 adults, with 196 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tenango

4419 inhabitants of the location Tenango in Mexico live in indigenous households. 3696 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 1409 people, while 2266 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 9 citizens of Tenango.

Economic situation

In Tenango exist about 783 households.

Of these households 754 are common houses or apartments, 683 are without floor and about 58 consist of one room only.

610 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 715 are connected to the public water supply, 708 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 194 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tenango

Besides the 904 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 59 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

730 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 1132 persons did not finish the school. 223 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 138 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 342 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.