Santa Sofía (Chiapas)
Learn about small village of Santa Sofía through its photos, maps and population statistics.
All the information about this town of 89 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas
You may know it as Julio César Ruiz Ferro 2da. Sección.
The place of Santa Sofía is inside the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (in the State of Chiapas). There are 89 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #13 of the ranking. Santa Sofía is at 733 meters of altitude.
This town has recently changed its name. It used to be known as Julio César Ruiz Ferro 2da. Sección. The inhabitants of this community decided to change its name in 2010.
Data: In Santa Sofía, 37% of individuals have completed secondary education and 6% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of Santa Sofía? You can find it at 4.8 kilometers, in direction South, from the town of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of Santa Sofía through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is Santa Sofía? How to go? Map
Online map of Santa Sofía in Chiapas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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#2 The population of Santa Sofía (Chiapas) is 89 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 45 | 44 | 89 |
2010 | 26 | 33 | 59 |
2005 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 1.91 | 3.03 |
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.00% | 1.69% |
Illiterate population: | 3.37% | 8.47% |
Illiterate population (men): | 3.37% | 3.03% |
Illiterate population (women): | 0.00% | 15.38% |
Schooling level: | 8.65 | 6.49 |
Schooling level (men): | 7.58 | 6.95 |
Schooling level (women): | 9.71 | 5.94 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 5.62% | 0.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 2.25% | 0.00% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 41.57% | 33.90% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 61.36% | 42.42% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 22.22% | 23.08% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 18 | 18 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 92.31% |
Housing with piped water: | 77.78% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 100.00% | 92.31% |
Dwellings with radio: | 100.00% | 84.62% |
Housing with television: | 100.00% | 92.31% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 88.89% | 69.23% |
Housing with washing machine: | 72.22% | 61.54% |
Housing with automobile: | 33.33% | 7.69% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.56% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 16.67% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 100.00% | 84.62% |
Homes with Internet: | 33.33% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Santa Sofía
Amazing satellite GPS maps of Santa Sofía, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Santa Sofía.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Santa Sofía
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Santa Sofía, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Santa Sofía so you can contact them.:- MOTEL TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ: 3 km away, direction Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- INMOBILIARIA DE BIENES TURISTICOS TUCHTLAN: 4 km away, direction Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- HOTEL ALBANIA: 4 km away, direction South (3 minutes by car)
- AUTO HOTEL TROYA: 4 km away, direction South (3 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Santa Sofía (Chiapas)
In Santa Sofía there is a very characteristic age structure of the population, which you can see in the following population pyramid, with data from 2005. After analyzing the demographic data of Santa Sofía, separated by men and women, and also by age groups, we can analyze what the future of the population in this town will be like.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 8 | 9 | 17 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 29 | 30 | 59 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
#6 Photos of Santa Sofía
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Santa Sofía? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like Santa Sofía.
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#7 Vote for Santa Sofía as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Chiapas, by popular vote:
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#8 Comments and opinions about Santa Sofía
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
#9 Other towns in the Municipality of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Adelita (17 inhabitants)
- Cañón del Sumidero (- inhabitants)
- El Jobo (5798 inhabitants)
- El Sabino (- inhabitants)
- El Tempisque (3 inhabitants)
- Guadalupe (2 inhabitants)
- Santa Sofía (89 inhabitants)
- La Pimienta (6 inhabitants)
- Mawicho (- inhabitants)
- Quinta Florecita (5 inhabitants)
- Rizo de Oro (10 inhabitants)
- Roberto Trujillo López (47 inhabitants)
- Unidad de Atención a la Salud Mental San Agustín (- inhabitants)
- Santa Julia (6 inhabitants)
- Santa Rita (2 inhabitants)