Tzontealja - Chiapas

Facts about Tzontealja

Location of Tzontealja

Tzontealja is located in the municipality of Oxchuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.318333
Latitude (dec): 16.893333

Height over sea level of Tzontealja

The locations medium height over sea level is 1240 meters.

Population in Tzontealja

The over all population of Tzontealja is 328 persons, 164 of them are male and 164 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 194 minors and 134 adults, with 23 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tzontealja

305 inhabitants of the location Tzontealja in Mexico live in indigenous households. 249 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 65 people, while 184 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 284 citizens of Tzontealja.

Economic situation

In Tzontealja exist about 50 households.

Of these households 54 are common houses or apartments, 46 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

38 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 23 are connected to the public water supply, 44 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 3 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tzontealja

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

27 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 102 persons did not finish the school. 18 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 14 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 23 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.