Chana - Chiapas

Facts about Chana

Location of Chana

Chana is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.477500
Latitude (dec): 16.884722

Height over sea level of Chana

The locations medium height over sea level is 1460 meters.

Population in Chana

The over all population of Chana is 464 persons, 210 of them are male and 254 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 237 minors and 227 adults, with 23 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chana

464 inhabitants of the location Chana in Mexico live in indigenous households. 397 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 113 people, while 284 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Chana exist about 77 households.

Of these households 70 are common houses or apartments, 42 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

68 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 70 are connected to the public water supply, 70 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 Chana

Besides the 69 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 5 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

56 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 155 persons did not finish the school. 29 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 13 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 5 years.