El Cairo (Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca)

We have collected many facts about the medium-sized town of El Cairo, as well as photos, maps or statistics.

So you will learn about this incredible town of 225 inhabitants of Oaxaca.

The town of El Cairo is located in the Municipality of Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 225 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #22 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Cairo is at 37 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Cairo, 82% of the inhabitants are catholic and 58% of the dwellings are equipped with a washing machine. At the bottom of this page you will find more information.

The town of El Cairo is located at 3.4 kilometers from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Southesast direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Cairo.

#1 Where is El Cairo? How to get there? Map

Online map of El Cairo (Oaxaca) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of El Cairo (Oaxaca) is 225 inhabitants

Population data in El Cairo (Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020117108225
2010128116244
20056474138
Evolution of the population in El Cairo: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Cairo:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.5210.34
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca:9.33%7.79%
Illiterate population:11.56%13.93%
Illiterate population (men):4.44%10.34%
Illiterate population (women):7.11%17.19%
Schooling level:7.195.55
Schooling level (men):7.595.73
Schooling level (women):6.865.40
Indigenous culture data in El Cairo:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:15.11%4.10%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:4.89%2.05%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Cairo, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Oaxaca, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Cairo:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:43.56%38.93%
Employed population over 12 years (men):55.56%55.17%
Employed population over 12 years (women):32.48%24.22%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:7296
Homes with electricity:97.22%94.52%
Housing with piped water:97.22%64.38%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:98.61%83.56%
Dwellings with radio:52.78%57.53%
Housing with television:84.72%75.34%
Housing with refrigerator:77.78%45.21%
Housing with washing machine:58.33%26.03%
Housing with automobile:11.11%9.59%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:8.33%1.37%
Homes with landline telephone:2.78%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:84.72%58.90%
Homes with Internet:15.28%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Cairo (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Oaxaca, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Cairo

With the satellite map of El Cairo 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Cairo.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Cairo

Do you want to stay in El Cairo? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Cairo:

#5 Population pyramid of El Cairo (Oaxaca)

In El Cairo 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 Cairo, 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 Cairo
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Cairo (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)71017
Youth (6-14 years)182038
Adults (15-59 years)7564139
Elderly (60+ years)171431

#6 Photos of El Cairo

In order for you to enjoy nature around El Cairo, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of El Cairo, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Cairo (Oaxaca) is 70760

Are you going to send a letter to El Cairo? Do you have a friend in El Cairo and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Cairo consists of the following 5 digits: 70760. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Cairo ("70") 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 Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

  1. 6a. Sección (4 inhabitants)
  2. Aguaje del Tío (8 inhabitants)
  3. Colonia Ejidal Guichivere (33 inhabitants)
  4. Colonia Huayacán (88 inhabitants)
  5. Ensenada Chipehua (30 inhabitants)
  6. La Brecha (Lázaro Cárdenas) (281 inhabitants)
  7. La Ladrillera (- inhabitants)
  8. La Noria (2830 inhabitants)
  9. Pishishi (470 inhabitants)
  10. 15 de Septiembre (245 inhabitants)
  11. Rancho Jerónimo Cordero (- inhabitants)
  12. Rancho San Cristóbal (Pozo Viejo) (2 inhabitants)
  13. San Juan Zaragoza (22 inhabitants)
  14. Santa Gertrudis Miramar (1475 inhabitants)
  15. Santa María Nativitas Coatlán (718 inhabitants)