Ostuacán

Information and facts about the municipality of Ostuacán

Location of Ostuacán

The municipality of Ostuacán is located in the Mexican state of Chiapas México

Population of Ostuacán

The overall population of the municipality named Ostuacán is 16392 citizens, 8212 males and 8180 females.

Age distribution

The population of Ostuacán is divided into 8184 minors and 8208 adults, with 1049 of them older than 60 years.

Indigenous population of Ostuacán

1417 people in Ostuacán live in indigenous households. An indigenous language is spoken by 753 people who are older than 5 years. The number of people who only speak an indigenous language is 7 and 696 speak both an indigenous language and Spanish.

Social Structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 776 citizens of Ostuacán.

Economic situation

In Ostuacán about 3315 households are registered.

3433 of these households are common houses or apartments, 1017 are without floor and about 265 consist of one room only.

2451 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 1860 are connected to the public water supply, 2644 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 46 households to own a computer, 464 own a washing machine and 1684 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Ostuacán

Besides the 1883 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 365 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

2117 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 4761 persons did not finish the school. 1315 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1138 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 891 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.