Yuquín - Chiapas

Facts about Yuquín

Location of Yuquín

Yuquín is located in the municipality of Simojovel in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.743333
Latitude (dec): 17.097222

Height over sea level of Yuquín

The locations medium height over sea level is 1000 meters.

Population in Yuquín

The over all population of Yuquín is 283 persons, 152 of them are male and 131 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 154 minors and 129 adults, with 16 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Yuquín

283 inhabitants of the location Yuquín in Mexico live in indigenous households. 233 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 70 people, while 161 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Yuquín exist about 48 households.

Of these households 48 are common houses or apartments, 47 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

45 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 48 are connected to the public water supply, 47 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 6 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Yuquín

Besides the 51 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 1 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

30 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 95 persons did not finish the school. 12 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 10 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 16 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.