Chiquilá - Quintana Roo

Facts about Chiquilá

Location of Chiquilá

Chiquilá is located in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -87.338056
Latitude (dec): 21.425556

Height over sea level of Chiquilá

The locations medium height over sea level is 5 meters.

Population in Chiquilá

The over all population of Chiquilá is 1285 persons, 665 of them are male and 620 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 569 minors and 716 adults, with 67 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chiquilá

258 inhabitants of the location Chiquilá in Mexico live in indigenous households. 86 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 86 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 100 citizens of Chiquilá.

Economic situation

In Chiquilá exist about 293 households.

Of these households 284 are common houses or apartments, 64 are without floor and about 70 consist of one room only.

244 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 247 are connected to the public water supply, 262 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 10 households to own a computer, 187 own a washing machine and 195 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chiquilá

Besides the 124 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 12 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

118 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 405 persons did not finish the school. 167 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 99 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 72 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.