Chacoma - Chiapas

Facts about Chacoma

Location of Chacoma

Chacoma is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.491944
Latitude (dec): 16.881111

Height over sea level of Chacoma

The locations medium height over sea level is 1920 meters.

Population in Chacoma

The over all population of Chacoma is 1413 persons, 697 of them are male and 716 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 676 minors and 737 adults, with 100 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chacoma

1407 inhabitants of the location Chacoma in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1210 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 359 people, while 848 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 9 citizens of Chacoma.

Economic situation

In Chacoma exist about 257 households.

Of these households 254 are common houses or apartments, 213 are without floor and about 1 consist of one room only.

250 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 249 are connected to the public water supply, 245 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 38 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chacoma

Besides the 233 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 22 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

155 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 523 persons did not finish the school. 108 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 43 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 66 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 5 years.