Las Joyas (Mezquital, Durango)
We have collected many facts about the small village of Las Joyas, as well as photos, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 53 inhabitants of Durango.
The place of Las Joyas is inside the municipality of Mezquital (in the State of Durango). There are 53 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #673 of the whole municipality. Las Joyas is at 1,645 meters of altitude.
Data: In Las Joyas, there is a percentage of 100% of indigenous population and 10% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on Las Joyas? They are at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that Las Joyas is located at 47.8 kilometers (in direction Northwest) from the locality of San Francisco del Mezquital, 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 Las Joyas.
#1 Where is Las Joyas? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to Las Joyas (Durango) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of Las Joyas, which has the following symbol
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#2 The population of Las Joyas (Durango) is 53 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 28 | 25 | 53 |
2010 | 5 | ||
2005 | 20 | 10 | 30 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.8 | - |
Population coming from outside the State of Durango: | 0.00% | -% |
Illiterate population: | 11.32% | -% |
Illiterate population (men): | 0.00% | -% |
Illiterate population (women): | 11.32% | -% |
Schooling level: | 6.29 | - |
Schooling level (men): | 8.2 | - |
Schooling level (women): | 4.93 | - |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 100.00% | -% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 88.68% | -% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 16.98% | -% |
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2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 18.87% | -% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 24.00% | -% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 14.29% | -% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 10 | - |
Homes with electricity: | 70.00% | -% |
Housing with piped water: | 80.00% | -% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 0.00% | -% |
Dwellings with radio: | 0.00% | -% |
Housing with television: | 0.00% | -% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 0.00% | -% |
Housing with washing machine: | 0.00% | -% |
Housing with automobile: | 0.00% | -% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | -% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | -% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 10.00% | -% |
Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | -% |
#3 Satellite photo of Las Joyas
Amazing satellite GPS maps of Las Joyas, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Mezquital. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Las Joyas.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Las Joyas
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Las Joyas, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Las Joyas so you can contact them.:- POSADA HUICOT: 77 km away, direction Northeast (54 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PRINCIPAL: 75 km away, direction Northeast (53 minutes by car)
- HOTEL EN SAN FRANCISCO DEL MEZQUITAL: 71 km away, direction Northeast (60 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO DEL MEZQUITAL: 72 km away, direction Northeast (60 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Las Joyas (Durango)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of Las Joyas 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 Las Joyas there is a generational replacement.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 12 | 8 | 20 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
#6 Photos of Las Joyas
In order for you to enjoy nature around Las Joyas, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of Las Joyas, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
Enjoy photos of Las Joyas at this link
#7 The Postal Code of Las Joyas (Durango) is 34975
Are you going to send a letter to Las Joyas? Do you have a friend in Las Joyas and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Las Joyas consists of the following 5 digits: 34975. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Las Joyas ("34") correspond to the state code of Durango, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#8 Vote for Las Joyas as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Mezquital
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- Clavellina (12 inhabitants)
- El Capullo (31 inhabitants)
- El Catorce (8 inhabitants)
- El Yeguate (8 inhabitants)
- La Huella del Niño (12 inhabitants)
- La Joya (9 inhabitants)
- La Joya (12 inhabitants)
- Las Sillas (11 inhabitants)
- Llano de Jacalitos (199 inhabitants)
- Los Armadillos (22 inhabitants)
- Mesa de las Joyas (65 inhabitants)
- Mesa de Platanitos (52 inhabitants)
- Pinos Enterrados (63 inhabitants)
- Tortillas (6 inhabitants)