El Zapotal (Ocosingo, Chiapas)

Maps, photos and statistics of El Zapotal, a beautiful large village of 1,597 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas

The place of El Zapotal is inside the municipality of Ocosingo (in the State of Chiapas). There are 1,597 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #17 of the ranking. El Zapotal is at 622 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Zapotal, 38% of the population over 12 years is single and 1% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of El Zapotal? You can find it at 71.9 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Ocosingo, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Zapotal through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

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

Location map of El Zapotal in Chiapas: Use the controls in the upper left area to zoom in (+) or out (-). This is a satellite photo centered in El Zapotal, which is marked with the following symbol Map marker

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#2 The population of El Zapotal (Chiapas) is 1,597 inhabitants

Population data in El Zapotal (Ocosingo, Chiapas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20208217761597
20107046811385
20055955981193
Evolution of the population in El Zapotal: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Zapotal:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.6711.75
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:0.00%0.00%
Illiterate population:13.53%15.81%
Illiterate population (men):4.82%11.75%
Illiterate population (women):8.70%19.74%
Schooling level:6.154.43
Schooling level (men):7.075.27
Schooling level (women):5.243.60
Indigenous culture data in El Zapotal:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:99.37%98.70%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:86.04%81.01%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:25.05%47.94%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Zapotal, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Zapotal:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:39.76%17.98%
Employed population over 12 years (men):53.87%36.42%
Employed population over 12 years (women):26.43%0.14%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:254206
Homes with electricity:100.00%93.88%
Housing with piped water:100.00%92.86%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:11.02%97.96%
Dwellings with radio:3.54%33.67%
Housing with television:22.44%23.47%
Housing with refrigerator:13.78%10.71%
Housing with washing machine:0.00%0.00%
Housing with automobile:0.39%2.04%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:0.00%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:3.54%0.00%
Homes with Internet:0.79%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Zapotal (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 Zapotal

With the satellite map of El Zapotal 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. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Zapotal.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Zapotal

Many people want to stay in the town of El Zapotal itself, but unfortunately there are no hotels in the village yet. Don't worry, we have created this list of the closest accommodations, so you can ask if they have rooms available.:

#5 Population pyramid of El Zapotal (Chiapas)

In El Zapotal 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 Zapotal, 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 Zapotal
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Zapotal (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)126116242
Youth (6-14 years)250222472
Adults (15-59 years)417398815
Elderly (60+ years)284068

#6 Photos of El Zapotal

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

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#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Ocosingo

  1. Candelaria (65 inhabitants)
  2. Chalam del Carmen San Agustín (479 inhabitants)
  3. El Guanal (433 inhabitants)
  4. José Manuel Lima Huerta [José Manuel Lima Huerta (11 inhabitants)
  5. Las Tres Estrellas (5 inhabitants)
  6. Martín Martínez G. (1 inhabitants)
  7. Miguel Hidalgo (10 inhabitants)
  8. Nueva Esperanza (42 inhabitants)
  9. Nuevo Francisco León (1721 inhabitants)
  10. San Antono Miramar (- inhabitants)
  11. San José los Ángeles (- inhabitants)
  12. San Martín (56 inhabitants)
  13. Santa Anita Puyilhá (6 inhabitants)
  14. Tehuacan (- inhabitants)
  15. Veracruz (21 inhabitants)