Yanchen - Chiapas

Facts about Yanchen

Location of Yanchen

Yanchen is located in the municipality of San Juan Cancuc in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.362500
Latitude (dec): 16.861944

Height over sea level of Yanchen

The locations medium height over sea level is 1700 meters.

Population in Yanchen

The over all population of Yanchen is 209 persons, 111 of them are male and 98 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 120 minors and 89 adults, with 5 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yanchen

203 inhabitants of the location Yanchen in Mexico live in indigenous households. 165 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 84 people, while 81 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yanchen exist about 40 households.

Of these households 41 are common houses or apartments, 39 are without floor and about 2 consist of one room only.

40 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 38 are connected to the public water supply, 39 have access to electricity.

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

School and education in Yanchen

Besides the 47 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 8 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

40 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 51 persons did not finish the school. 9 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 6 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 9 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.