La Joya - Chiapas

Facts about La Joya

Location of La Joya

La Joya is located in the municipality of Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.256111
Latitude (dec): 14.862500

Height over sea level of La Joya

The locations medium height over sea level is 100 meters.

Population in La Joya

The over all population of La Joya is 416 persons, 214 of them are male and 202 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 164 minors and 252 adults, with 26 of them being 60 years and older.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 147 citizens of La Joya.

Economic situation

In La Joya exist about 95 households.

Of these households 95 are common houses or apartments, 51 are without floor and about 9 consist of one room only.

80 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 12 are connected to the public water supply, 84 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 8 own a washing machine and 82 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in La Joya

Besides the 24 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 10 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

21 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 160 persons did not finish the school. 80 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 17 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 18 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.