Chapala - Sinaloa

Facts about Chapala

Location of Chapala

Chapala is located in the municipality of Cosalá in the Mexican state of Sinaloa with the GPS coordinates:
Longitude (dec): -106.969444
Latitude (dec): 24.445556

Height over sea level of Chapala

The locations medium height over sea level is 80 meters.

Population in Chapala

The over all population of Chapala is 313 persons, 172 of them are male and 141 of them are female.

Age distribution

The population of this place consists of 145 minors and 168 adults, with 16 of them being 60 years and older.

Indigenous population of Chapala

3 inhabitants of the location Chapala in Mexico live in indigenous households. 1 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 0 as well speak Spanish.

Social structure

A legal claim on health care and social insurance benefits have 277 citizens of Chapala.

Economic situation

In Chapala exist about 54 households.

Of these households 53 are common houses or apartments, 20 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.

45 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 53 are connected to the public water supply, 51 have access to electricity.

The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 24 own a washing machine and 36 households are equipped with one ore more televisions.

School and education in Chapala

Besides the 32 analphabets aged 15 or older, about 2 minors between 6 and 14 are not visiting a school.

30 inhabitants of the population of 15 years and older did not visit a school and 108 persons did not finish the school. 36 visited only the 6 years lasting primary school, 22 visited and finished the college or similar scholar institutions.

A total of 22 aged 15 to 24 years visited a school, the medium time school is visited through the whole population is 6 years.