Nuevo Yajalón - Chiapas

Facts about Nuevo Yajalón

Location of Nuevo Yajalón

Nuevo Yajalón is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.595278
Latitude (dec): 17.362500

Height over sea level of Nuevo Yajalón

The locations medium height over sea level is 160 meters.

Population in Nuevo Yajalón

The over all population of Nuevo Yajalón is 225 persons, 114 of them are male and 111 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 133 minors and 92 adults, with 9 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nuevo Yajalón

225 inhabitants of the location Nuevo Yajalón in Mexico live in indigenous households. 190 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 37 people, while 153 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 158 citizens of Nuevo Yajalón.

Economic situation

In Nuevo Yajalón exist about 37 households.

Of these households 37 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

29 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 37 are connected to the public water supply, 37 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 17 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Nuevo Yajalón

Besides the 39 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 6 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

30 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 53 persons did not finish the school. 16 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 16 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 5 years.