Nuevo Merida - Chiapas

Facts about Nuevo Merida

Location of Nuevo Merida

Nuevo Merida is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.781944
Latitude (dec): 17.261111

Height over sea level of Nuevo Merida

The locations medium height over sea level is 390 meters.

Population in Nuevo Merida

The over all population of Nuevo Merida is 305 persons, 152 of them are male and 153 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 153 minors and 152 adults, with 10 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Merida

296 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Merida in Mexico live in indigenous households. 251 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 186 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Nuevo Merida.

Economic situation

In Nuevo Merida exist about 53 households.

Of these households 55 are common houses or apartments, 34 are without floor and about 14 consist of one room only.

46 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 52 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 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Merida

Besides the 62 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

60 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 93 persons did not finish the school. 13 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 2 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.