El Jardín - Chiapas

Facts about El Jardín

Location of El Jardín

El Jardín is located in the municipality of Simojovel in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.599722
Latitude (dec): 17.163611

Height over sea level of El Jardín

The locations medium height over sea level is 880 meters.

Population in El Jardín

The over all population of El Jardín is 1395 persons, 691 of them are male and 704 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 940 minors and 455 adults, with 45 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of El Jardín

981 inhabitants of the location El Jardín in Mexico live in indigenous households. 852 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 373 people, while 454 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 73 citizens of El Jardín.

Economic situation

In El Jardín exist about 183 households.

Of these households 262 are common houses or apartments, 168 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

168 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 176 are connected to the public water supply, 179 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 104 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in El Jardín

Besides the 286 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 38 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

295 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 200 persons did not finish the school. 33 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 4 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 40 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 2 years.