Santa Cruz - Chiapas

Facts about Santa Cruz

Location of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.917778
Latitude (dec): 17.384444

Height over sea level of Santa Cruz

The locations medium height over sea level is 320 meters.

Population in Santa Cruz

The over all population of Santa Cruz is 397 persons, 191 of them are male and 206 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 229 minors and 168 adults, with 18 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa Cruz

342 inhabitants of the location Santa Cruz in Mexico live in indigenous households. 265 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 16 people, while 247 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 19 citizens of Santa Cruz.

Economic situation

In Santa Cruz exist about 57 households.

Of these households 66 are common houses or apartments, 51 are without floor and about 41 consist of one room only.

17 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 53 are connected to the public water supply, 53 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 9 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa Cruz

Besides the 71 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

71 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 85 persons did not finish the school. 33 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.