El Tzay (Chiapas)

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The place of El Tzay is inside the municipality of Oxchuc (in the State of Chiapas). There are 2,000 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #4 of the whole municipality. El Tzay is at 1,493 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Tzay, 40% of the population over 12 years is single and 0% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Tzay is located at 9.2 kilometers (in direction South) from the locality of Oxchuc, 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 El Tzay.

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

Online map of El Tzay in Chiapas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on Map marker

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#2 The population of El Tzay (Chiapas) is 2,000 inhabitants

Population data in El Tzay (Chiapas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
202097810222000
20107748201594
20059319521883
Evolution of the population in El Tzay: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Tzay:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):1.99.76
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:0.00%0.00%
Illiterate population:16.75%13.93%
Illiterate population (men):6.95%9.76%
Illiterate population (women):9.80%18.35%
Schooling level:5.895.05
Schooling level (men):6.55.53
Schooling level (women):5.254.53
Indigenous culture data in El Tzay:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:99.80%100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:85.95%84.19%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:46.75%52.20%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Tzay, 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 Oxchuc (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Tzay:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:24.55%27.67%
Employed population over 12 years (men):45.30%45.37%
Employed population over 12 years (women):2.86%8.91%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:415336
Homes with electricity:88.19%78.80%
Housing with piped water:0.00%38.92%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:0.72%94.94%
Dwellings with radio:0.48%44.30%
Housing with television:9.16%22.15%
Housing with refrigerator:1.93%1.58%
Housing with washing machine:0.00%0.32%
Housing with automobile:0.24%0.95%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:0.00%0.32%
Dwellings with cellular phones:2.65%0.00%
Homes with Internet:0.24%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Tzay (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Tzay

With the satellite map of El Tzay 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 Oxchuc. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Tzay.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Tzay

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Tzay, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Tzay so you can contact them.:

#5 Population pyramid of El Tzay (Chiapas)

In El Tzay 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 Tzay, 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.

Population pyramid of El Tzay
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Tzay (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)140133273
Youth (6-14 years)250258508
Adults (15-59 years)5165561,072
Elderly (60+ years)7275147

#6 Photos of El Tzay

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Tzay? 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 Tzay.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Tzay (Chiapas) is 29454

Are you going to send a letter to El Tzay? Do you have a friend in El Tzay and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Tzay consists of the following 5 digits: 29454. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Tzay ("29") correspond to the state code of Chiapas, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.

#8 Vote for El Tzay as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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  2. Buenavista (190 inhabitants)
  3. Chalomchentik (29 inhabitants)
  4. Ch'Ay K'Ajk (117 inhabitants)
  5. Cruz Ajiljá (81 inhabitants)
  6. Lamalté Eltik (101 inhabitants)
  7. Po-Ojil (203 inhabitants)
  8. San Juan (43 inhabitants)
  9. Santo Tomás (- inhabitants)
  10. Stenlejtul (203 inhabitants)
  11. Tierra Blanca (- inhabitants)
  12. Tzununiljá (222 inhabitants)
  13. Xontealjá (31 inhabitants)
  14. Yoshib (3625 inhabitants)
  15. Yut Lumiljá (44 inhabitants)