Shashijá - Chiapas

Facts about Shashijá

Location of Shashijá

Shashijá is located in the municipality of Yajalón in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.294722
Latitude (dec): 17.234444

Height over sea level of Shashijá

The locations medium height over sea level is 980 meters.

Population in Shashijá

The over all population of Shashijá is 237 persons, 107 of them are male and 130 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 119 minors and 118 adults, with 11 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Shashijá

237 inhabitants of the location Shashijá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 200 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 88 people, while 112 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 1 citizens of Shashijá.

Economic situation

In Shashijá exist about 42 households.

Of these households 42 are common houses or apartments, 33 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

28 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 41 are connected to the public water supply, 41 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 0 own a washing machine and 3 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Shashijá

Besides the 66 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 4 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

67 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 57 persons did not finish the school. 8 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 1 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 13 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 3 years.