Berea - Chiapas

Facts about Berea

Location of Berea

Berea is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.613889
Latitude (dec): 17.366944

Height over sea level of Berea

The locations medium height over sea level is 200 meters.

Population in Berea

The over all population of Berea is 278 persons, 144 of them are male and 134 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 145 minors and 133 adults, with 11 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Berea

273 inhabitants of the location Berea in Mexico live in indigenous households. 232 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 27 people, while 204 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 151 citizens of Berea.

Economic situation

In Berea exist about 53 households.

Of these households 52 are common houses or apartments, 50 are without floor and about 21 consist of one room only.

26 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 47 are connected to the public water supply, 47 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 11 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Berea

Besides the 61 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 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 70 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 25 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 32 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.