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El Sibal

The most complete information about the large village of El Sibal (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Chiapas has 1,791 inhabitants?

The town of El Sibal belongs to the municipality of Ocosingo (State of Chiapas). There are 1,791 inhabitants and it is 680 meters altitude. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #15 of the ranking.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Sibal, 39% of the population over 12 years is single and 5% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of El Sibal? You can find it at 64.9 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Ocosingo, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Sibal through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

#1 Where is El Sibal? How to go? Map

Online map of El Sibal (Chiapas) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of El Sibal (Chiapas) is 1,791 inhabitants

Population data in El Sibal

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	936	855	1791
2010	740	732	1472
2005	592	568	1160

Evolution of the population in El Sibal: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Sibal:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.29	13.11
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:	0.22%	0.00%
Illiterate population:	12.40%	17.12%
Illiterate population (men):	4.24%	13.11%
Illiterate population (women):	8.15%	21.08%
Schooling level:	7.12	5.77
Schooling level (men):	7.56	6.18
Schooling level (women):	6.71	5.37

Indigenous culture data in El Sibal:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	80.90%	98.91%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	71.25%	86.21%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	7.20%	21.40%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Sibal, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Ocosingo (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Sibal:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	44.28%	27.51%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	52.98%	52.87%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	36.32%	2.43%
Number of inhabited private housings:	324	304
Homes with electricity:	99.69%	99.26%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	98.90%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	85.49%	97.79%
Homes with a radio:	17.28%	34.56%
Homes with a television:	44.44%	50.74%
Homes with a refrigerator:	52.78%	43.01%
Homes with a washing machine:	14.51%	8.82%
Homes with a car:	8.02%	4.41%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	6.79%	1.84%
Homes with landline telephone:	1.23%	9.56%
Homes with cell phones:	29.94%	2.21%
Homes with Internet:	5.25%	0.37%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Sibal (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of El Sibal

With the satellite map of El Sibal 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 Ocosingo. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Sibal.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Sibal

Do you want to stay in El Sibal? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Sibal:

• HOTEL SELVA MAYA: 47 km away, direction Southeast (36 minutes by car)
• RENTA DE CUARTOS EN NUEVA PALESTINA: 50 km away, direction Southeast (36 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE LAS ESTRELAS: 51 km away, direction Southeast (39 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE NUEVA PALESTINA: 47 km away, direction Southeast (36 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Sibal

A weekend in El Sibal and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Sibal and surroundings to find the best destinations.
Other towns near El Sibal:

• San Francisco (137 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southwest (4 minutes by car)
• El Jardín (752 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the West (8 minutes by car)
• La Culebra (526 inhabitants): Located 8 km to the Southeast (12 minutes by car)
• Ojo de Agua Chankín (16 inhabitants): Located 10 km to the Northeast (11 minutes by car)

This information is based on geographical data. Distances may vary depending on terrain, driving style or walking conditions.

#6 Population pyramid of El Sibal (Chiapas)

In El Sibal 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 El Sibal, 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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town El Sibal (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	124	108	232
Youth (6-14 years)	194	162	356
Adults (15-59 years)	571	526	1,097
Elderly (60+ years)	47	59	106

#7 Pictures of El Sibal

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Sibal? 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 pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Sibal.
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#9 Schools in El Sibal

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