Santa María - Chiapas

Facts about Santa María

Location of Santa María

Santa María is located in the municipality of Salto de Agua in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.076111
Latitude (dec): 17.352222

Height over sea level of Santa María

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Santa María

The over all population of Santa María is 1269 persons, 621 of them are male and 648 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 543 minors and 726 adults, with 80 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Santa María

1257 inhabitants of the location Santa María in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1128 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 347 people, while 771 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of Santa María.

Economic situation

In Santa María exist about 232 households.

Of these households 233 are common houses or apartments, 135 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

218 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 214 are connected to the public water supply, 228 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 1 own a washing machine and 92 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Santa María

Besides the 323 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

308 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 348 persons did not finish the school. 93 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 79 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 95 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.