Pasté - Chiapas

Facts about Pasté

Location of Pasté

Pasté is located in the municipality of Zinacantán in the Mexican state of Chiapas with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -92.740833
Latitude (dec): 16.707222

Height over sea level of Pasté

The locations medium height over sea level is 2280 meters.

Population in Pasté

The over all population of Pasté is 2886 persons, 1404 of them are male and 1482 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 1507 minors and 1379 adults, with 137 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Pasté

2886 inhabitants of the location Pasté in Mexico live in indigenous households. 2412 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 926 people, while 1477 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 2 citizens of Pasté.

Economic situation

In Pasté exist about 519 households.

Of these households 515 are common houses or apartments, 346 are without floor and about 238 consist of one room only.

386 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 410 are connected to the public water supply, 503 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 2 own a washing machine and 189 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Pasté

Besides the 639 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 183 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

629 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 872 persons did not finish the school. 88 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 12 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 58 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 4 years.