Tuzantán - Chiapas

Facts about Tuzantán

Location of Tuzantán

Tuzantán is located in the municipality of Tuzantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.422222
Latitude (dec): 15.145833

Height over sea level of Tuzantán

The locations medium height over sea level is 60 meters.

Population in Tuzantán

The over all population of Tuzantán is 2662 persons, 1275 of them are male and 1387 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1120 minors and 1542 adults, with 214 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Tuzantán

50 inhabitants of the location Tuzantán in Mexico live in indigenous households. 21 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 0 people, while 20 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 465 citizens of Tuzantán.

Economic situation

In Tuzantán exist about 590 households.

Of these households 587 are common houses or apartments, 142 are without floor and about 71 consist of one room only.

547 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 566 are connected to the public water supply, 569 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 22 households to own a computer, 75 own a washing machine and 520 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Tuzantán

Besides the 204 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 27 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

187 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 695 persons did not finish the school. 380 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 451 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 213 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.