Mercedes - Chiapas

Facts about Mercedes

Location of Mercedes

Mercedes is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.511389
Latitude (dec): 16.782222

Height over sea level of Mercedes

The locations medium height over sea level is 2420 meters.

Population in Mercedes

The over all population of Mercedes is 359 persons, 185 of them are male and 174 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 186 minors and 173 adults, with 7 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Mercedes

359 inhabitants of the location Mercedes in Mexico live in indigenous households. 291 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 102 people, while 188 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Mercedes exist about 73 households.

Of these households 73 are common houses or apartments, 69 are without floor and about 3 consist of one room only.

73 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 72 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 10 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Mercedes

Besides the 73 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 9 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

64 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 131 persons did not finish the school. 6 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 4 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.