Canech (Chiapas)
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So you will learn about this incredible town of 572 inhabitants of Chiapas.
The place of Canech is inside the municipality of Chalchihuitán (in the State of Chiapas). There are 572 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #13 of the whole municipality. Canech is at 1,740 meters of altitude.
Data: In Canech, there is a percentage of 100% of indigenous population and 48% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on Canech? They are at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that Canech is located at 4.1 kilometers (in direction Southesast) from the locality of Chiquinshulum, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Chalchihuitán) it is at 9.6 kilometers in direction North. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of Canech.
#1 Where is Canech? How to go? Map
How to get to the town of Canech in Chiapas? Using this map, use the controls to zoom in and out on the village and others in the vicinity to see the direct route, and to be able to plan, for example, hiking activities in Canech.
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#2 The population of Canech (Chiapas) is 572 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 297 | 275 | 572 |
2010 | 172 | 155 | 327 |
2005 | 231 | 240 | 471 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.42 | 8.39 |
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Illiterate population: | 12.06% | 14.68% |
Illiterate population (men): | 2.27% | 8.39% |
Illiterate population (women): | 9.79% | 20.35% |
Schooling level: | 5.42 | 4.13 |
Schooling level (men): | 6.38 | 5.07 |
Schooling level (women): | 4.54 | 3.25 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 83.92% | 79.82% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 44.58% | 61.16% |
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2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 22.38% | 18.96% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 41.45% | 38.06% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 4.71% | 1.74% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 136 | 93 |
Homes with electricity: | 88.24% | 79.17% |
Housing with piped water: | 27.21% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 61.03% | 2.78% |
Dwellings with radio: | 27.94% | 52.78% |
Housing with television: | 27.21% | 9.72% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 6.62% | 0.00% |
Housing with washing machine: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Housing with automobile: | 6.62% | 0.00% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 47.79% | 0.00% |
Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Canech
With the satellite map of Canech will I be able to look for my location? Yes, access the map, zoom in and see the surroundings of this town and the municipality of Chalchihuitán. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Canech.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Canech
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Canech, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Canech so you can contact them.:- POSADA LA CABAÑITA: 17 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
- POSADA ANABEL: 18 km away, direction South (13 minutes by car)
- POSADO LOS ANGELES: 17 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LUNA JAGUAR: 18 km away, direction South (13 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Canech (Chiapas)
In Canech 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 Canech, 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) | 57 | 48 | 105 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 86 | 86 | 172 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 139 | 130 | 269 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 15 | 11 | 26 |
#6 Photos of Canech
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Canech? 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 Canech.
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#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Chalchihuitán
- Abanchén (45 inhabitants)
- Canteal (100 inhabitants)
- Chalchihuitán (1976 inhabitants)
- Chiquinshulum (2102 inhabitants)
- Jolik'Alum (400 inhabitants)
- Jolsostetic (262 inhabitants)
- Joveltic (471 inhabitants)
- Mashilo (18 inhabitants)
- Palestina (111 inhabitants)
- Pat-be (193 inhabitants)
- Sisim (572 inhabitants)
- Tz'Ak (454 inhabitants)
- Tzalumcuctic (188 inhabitants)
- Tzomoltón (344 inhabitants)
- Vista Hermosa (124 inhabitants)