Nueva Galilea - Chiapas

Facts about Nueva Galilea

Location of Nueva Galilea

Nueva Galilea is located in the municipality of Palenque in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -91.856944
Latitude (dec): 17.316389

Height over sea level of Nueva Galilea

The locations medium height over sea level is 280 meters.

Population in Nueva Galilea

The over all population of Nueva Galilea is 779 persons, 362 of them are male and 417 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 395 minors and 384 adults, with 48 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Nueva Galilea

755 inhabitants of the location Nueva Galilea in Mexico live in indigenous households. 636 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 265 people, while 370 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of Nueva Galilea.

Economic situation

In Nueva Galilea exist about 147 households.

Of these households 142 are common houses or apartments, 107 are without floor and about 10 consist of one room only.

29 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 0 are connected to the public water supply, 135 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 Nueva Galilea

Besides the 199 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 17 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

158 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 209 persons did not finish the school. 55 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 9 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 29 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.