La Sierra - Chiapas

Facts about La Sierra

Location of La Sierra

La Sierra is located in the municipality of San Cristóbal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.543889
Latitude (dec): 16.713889

Height over sea level of La Sierra

The locations medium height over sea level is 2340 meters.

Population in La Sierra

The over all population of La Sierra is 532 persons, 256 of them are male and 276 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 306 minors and 226 adults, with 20 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of La Sierra

518 inhabitants of the location La Sierra in Mexico live in indigenous households. 432 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 105 people, while 323 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 0 citizens of La Sierra.

Economic situation

In La Sierra exist about 90 households.

Of these households 93 are common houses or apartments, 74 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

84 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 84 are connected to the public water supply, 88 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 3 own a washing machine and 34 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Sierra

Besides the 94 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 25 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

95 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 166 persons did not finish the school. 5 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 0 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 8 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.