El Mash - Chiapas

Facts about El Mash

Location of El Mash

El Mash is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.300833
Latitude (dec): 16.765833

Height over sea level of El Mash

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in El Mash

The over all population of El Mash is 360 persons, 173 of them are male and 187 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 201 minors and 159 adults, with 19 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Mash

360 inhabitants of the location El Mash in Mexico live in indigenous households. 302 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 135 people, while 167 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 349 citizens of El Mash.

Economic situation

In El Mash exist about 62 households.

Of these households 62 are common houses or apartments, 58 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

61 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 28 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in El Mash

Besides the 67 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

56 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 100 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 15 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 14 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.