Cruzchén - Chiapas

Facts about Cruzchén

Location of Cruzchén

Cruzchén is located in the municipality of Tenejapa in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.472222
Latitude (dec): 16.830556

Height over sea level of Cruzchén

The locations medium height over sea level is 2131 meters.

Population in Cruzchén

The over all population of Cruzchén is 750 persons, 359 of them are male and 391 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 412 minors and 338 adults, with 37 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Cruzchén

750 inhabitants of the location Cruzchén in Mexico live in indigenous households. 623 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 241 people, while 380 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

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

Economic situation

In Cruzchén exist about 106 households.

Of these households 105 are common houses or apartments, 88 are without floor and about 8 consist of one room only.

100 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 103 are connected to the public water supply, 88 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 28 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Cruzchén

Besides the 157 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 32 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

145 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 227 persons did not finish the school. 19 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 5 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 17 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.