Chapala - Jalisco

Facts about Chapala

Location of Chapala

Chapala is located in the municipality of Chapala in the Mexican state of Jalisco with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -103.189167
Latitude (dec): 20.290000

Height over sea level of Chapala

The locations medium height over sea level is 1530 meters.

Population in Chapala

The over all population of Chapala is 19925 persons, 9681 of them are male and 10244 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 8143 minors and 11782 adults, with 1785 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chapala

155 inhabitants of the location Chapala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 77 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 1 people, while 66 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 6955 citizens of Chapala.

Economic situation

In Chapala exist about 4753 households.

Of these households 4689 are common houses or apartments, 179 are without floor and about 306 consist of one room only.

4503 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 4471 are connected to the public water supply, 4525 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 897 households to own a computer, 3223 own a washing machine and 4434 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chapala

Besides the 777 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 270 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

825 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 6385 persons did not finish the school. 2402 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 3194 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 1038 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 7 years.