La Cascada - Chiapas

Facts about La Cascada

Location of La Cascada

La Cascada is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.805000
Latitude (dec): 17.371389

Height over sea level of La Cascada

The locations medium height over sea level is 240 meters.

Population in La Cascada

The over all population of La Cascada is 883 persons, 459 of them are male and 424 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 469 minors and 414 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Cascada

800 inhabitants of the location La Cascada in Mexico live in indigenous households. 493 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 21 people, while 469 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 14 citizens of La Cascada.

Economic situation

In La Cascada exist about 160 households.

Of these households 160 are common houses or apartments, 60 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

147 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 158 are connected to the public water supply, 159 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 4 own a washing machine and 103 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Cascada

Besides the 110 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

107 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 204 persons did not finish the school. 102 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 81 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 89 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.