Moyos - Chiapas

Facts about Moyos

Location of Moyos

Moyos is located in the municipality of Sabanilla in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.640556
Latitude (dec): 17.357500

Height over sea level of Moyos

The locations medium height over sea level is 580 meters.

Population in Moyos

The over all population of Moyos is 1887 persons, 970 of them are male and 917 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 911 minors and 976 adults, with 142 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Moyos

879 inhabitants of the location Moyos in Mexico live in indigenous households. 417 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 0 people, while 417 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 17 citizens of Moyos.

Economic situation

In Moyos exist about 367 households.

Of these households 366 are common houses or apartments, 227 are without floor and about 13 consist of one room only.

356 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 300 are connected to the public water supply, 349 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 1 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 91 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Moyos

Besides the 358 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

332 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 481 persons did not finish the school. 203 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 97 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 109 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.