Cerro Prieto (Santa Cruz Tacahua, Oaxaca)
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So you will learn about this incredible town of 281 inhabitants of Oaxaca.
The place of Cerro Prieto is inside the municipality of Santa Cruz Tacahua (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 281 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #2 of the whole municipality. Cerro Prieto is at 1,464 meters of altitude.
Data: In Cerro Prieto, there is a percentage of 29% of indigenous population and 49% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on Cerro Prieto? They are at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that Cerro Prieto is located at 5.8 kilometers (in direction East) from the locality of Santa Cruz Tacahua, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of Cerro Prieto.
#1 Where is Cerro Prieto? How to go? Map
How to get to the town of Cerro Prieto in Oaxaca? 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 Cerro Prieto.
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#2 The population of Cerro Prieto (Oaxaca) is 281 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 140 | 141 | 281 |
2010 | 174 | 162 | 336 |
2005 | 175 | 162 | 337 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.16 | 8.02 |
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 1.07% | 1.49% |
Illiterate population: | 8.54% | 13.10% |
Illiterate population (men): | 3.91% | 8.02% |
Illiterate population (women): | 4.63% | 17.82% |
Schooling level: | 6.15 | 4.99 |
Schooling level (men): | 6.13 | 5.34 |
Schooling level (women): | 6.17 | 4.69 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 28.83% | 52.08% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 10.68% | 25.30% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.30% |
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2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 18.15% | 24.40% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 26.95% | 30.86% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 9.29% | 18.39% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 75 | 114 |
Homes with electricity: | 98.67% | 54.17% |
Housing with piped water: | 96.00% | 9.72% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 21.33% | 95.83% |
Dwellings with radio: | 49.33% | 40.28% |
Housing with television: | 32.00% | 30.56% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 21.33% | 4.17% |
Housing with washing machine: | 8.00% | 0.00% |
Housing with automobile: | 24.00% | 2.78% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.33% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 1.39% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 49.33% | 0.00% |
Homes with Internet: | 21.33% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Cerro Prieto
With the satellite map of Cerro Prieto 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 Santa Cruz Tacahua. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Cerro Prieto.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Cerro Prieto
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Cerro Prieto, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Cerro Prieto so you can contact them.:- RENTA DE CUARTOS SANTO DOMINGO IXCATLÁN: 13 km away, direction West (11 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN FERNANDO: 25 km away, direction West (17 minutes by car)
- HOTEL CALIFORNIA: 22 km away, direction West (18 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LA POSADA: 26 km away, direction West (21 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Cerro Prieto (Oaxaca)
In Cerro Prieto 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 Cerro Prieto, 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) | 9 | 12 | 21 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 29 | 25 | 54 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 81 | 81 | 162 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 21 | 23 | 44 |
#6 Photos of Cerro Prieto
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Cerro Prieto? 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 Cerro Prieto.
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#7 The Postal Code of Cerro Prieto (Oaxaca) is 71157
Are you going to send a letter to Cerro Prieto? Do you have a friend in Cerro Prieto and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Cerro Prieto consists of the following 5 digits: 71157. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Cerro Prieto ("71") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Santa Cruz Tacahua
- Cerro Prieto (281 inhabitants)
- El Inococo (37 inhabitants)
- Juquila (9 inhabitants)
- Moctezuma (Stuma) (133 inhabitants)
- Santa Cruz Tacahua (629 inhabitants)
- Scotuche (- inhabitants)
- Shandi (69 inhabitants)
- Stiñu (2 inhabitants)
- Yatacaba (3 inhabitants)
- Yuñuu (10 inhabitants)
- Yuyavi (9 inhabitants)