Nueva Betania - Chiapas

Facts about Nueva Betania

Location of Nueva Betania

Nueva Betania is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.312778
Latitude (dec): 16.742778

Height over sea level of Nueva Betania

The locations medium height over sea level is 2000 meters.

Population in Nueva Betania

The over all population of Nueva Betania is 447 persons, 227 of them are male and 220 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 300 minors and 147 adults, with 15 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Betania

394 inhabitants of the location Nueva Betania in Mexico live in indigenous households. 323 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 109 people, while 213 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 267 citizens of Nueva Betania.

Economic situation

In Nueva Betania exist about 57 households.

Of these households 66 are common houses or apartments, 57 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

56 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 2 are connected to the public water supply, 49 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 9 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nueva Betania

Besides the 63 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 11 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

36 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 136 persons did not finish the school. 15 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 25 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.