El Lacandón - Chiapas

Facts about El Lacandón

Location of El Lacandón

El Lacandón is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.860278
Latitude (dec): 17.477778

Height over sea level of El Lacandón

The locations medium height over sea level is 60 meters.

Population in El Lacandón

The over all population of El Lacandón is 191 persons, 97 of them are male and 94 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 83 minors and 108 adults, with 10 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Lacandón

138 inhabitants of the location El Lacandón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 85 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 7 people, while 77 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of El Lacandón.

Economic situation

In El Lacandón exist about 35 households.

Of these households 35 are common houses or apartments, 24 are without floor and about 0 consist of one room only.

7 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 35 are connected to the public water supply, 34 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 13 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Lacandón

Besides the 55 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

52 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 61 persons did not finish the school. 9 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 3 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.