El Fortín (Pijijiapan, Chiapas)
The most complete information about the medium-sized town of El Fortín (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Chiapas has 398 inhabitants?
The place of El Fortín is inside the municipality of Pijijiapan (in the State of Chiapas). There are 398 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #21 of the ranking. El Fortín is at 2 meters of altitude.
Data: In El Fortín, 28% of the population over 12 years is single and 3% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Fortín? You can find it at 19.4 kilometers, in direction West, from the town of Pijijiapan, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Fortín through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Fortín? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Fortín (Chiapas) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Fortín, which has the following symbol 
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#2 The population of El Fortín (Chiapas) is 398 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 195 | 203 | 398 |
| 2010 | 200 | 214 | 414 |
| 2005 | 182 | 196 | 378 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.83 | 8.88 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 4.02% | 3.14% |
| Illiterate population: | 12.06% | 11.59% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 6.03% | 8.88% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 6.03% | 14.50% |
| Schooling level: | 6.34 | 4.86 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.04 | 4.87 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.63 | 4.85 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 1.76% | 1.45% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.25% | 0.48% |
| 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 Pijijiapan (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 34.92% | 28.02% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 56.65% | 51.40% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 12.31% | 3.00% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 110 | 115 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.09% | 100.00% |
| Housing with piped water: | 94.55% | 0.00% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 83.64% | 82.47% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 70.00% | 68.04% |
| Housing with television: | 78.18% | 79.38% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 76.36% | 63.92% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 58.18% | 56.70% |
| Housing with automobile: | 7.27% | 15.46% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.45% | 1.03% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 16.36% | 0.00% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 57.27% | 25.77% |
| Homes with Internet: | 2.73% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Fortín
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Fortín, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Pijijiapan. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Fortín.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Fortín
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Fortín, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Fortín so you can contact them.:- HOTEL LOS PINOS: 26 km away, direction East (17 minutes by car)
- CUARTERIA: 26 km away, direction East (21 minutes by car)
- AUTOHOTEL LA HUERTA: 30 km away, direction East (21 minutes by car)
- HOTEL ALDO: 27 km away, direction East (20 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of El Fortín (Chiapas)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Fortín by age and sex, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Fortín there is a generational replacement.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 26 | 34 | 60 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 32 | 43 | 75 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 117 | 100 | 217 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 20 | 26 | 46 |
#6 Photos of El Fortín
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Fortín? 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 El Fortín.
Enjoy photos of El Fortín at this link
#7 Vote for El Fortín as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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#8 Comments and opinions about El Fortín
#9 Schools in El Fortín
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Pijijiapan
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Pijijiapan
- Dos Estrellas (2 inhabitants)
- El Bosque (4 inhabitants)
- El Naranjo (1 inhabitants)
- El Paraíso (1 inhabitants)
- El Roble (- inhabitants)
- Europa (- inhabitants)
- La Amistad (- inhabitants)
- La Ceiba (4 inhabitants)
- La Esperanza (1 inhabitants)
- Las Morenas (- inhabitants)
- Monserrat (9 inhabitants)
- San Antonio (- inhabitants)
- San Pedro (7 inhabitants)
- Santa Rosa (81 inhabitants)
- Sin Pensar (3 inhabitants)