Cañas (Sain Alto, Zacatecas)

Maps, photos and statistics of Cañas, a beautiful large village of 1,301 inhabitants of the State of Zacatecas

The place of Cañas is inside the municipality of Sain Alto (in the State of Zacatecas). There are 1,301 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #4 of the whole municipality. Cañas is at 2,042 meters of altitude.

Data: In Cañas, 28% of the population over 12 years is single and 5% 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 Cañas is located at 18.1 kilometers (in direction South) from the locality of Sain Alto, 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 Cañas.

#1 Where is Cañas? How to go? Map

What is the route to get to Cañas (Zacatecas)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon Map marker

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#2 The population of Cañas (Zacatecas) is 1,301 inhabitants

Population data in Cañas (Sain Alto, Zacatecas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20206646371301
20106887051393
20056286011229
Evolution of the population in Cañas: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in Cañas:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.95.25
Population coming from outside the State of Zacatecas:3.00%2.44%
Illiterate population:2.69%4.38%
Illiterate population (men):1.61%5.25%
Illiterate population (women):1.08%3.49%
Schooling level:7.746.42
Schooling level (men):7.215.66
Schooling level (women):8.237.14
Indigenous culture data in Cañas:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:0.15%0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.08%0.00%
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 Cañas, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Zacatecas, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Cañas:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:32.59%27.85%
Employed population over 12 years (men):55.10%50.21%
Employed population over 12 years (women):10.99%4.94%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:365477
Homes with electricity:99.18%96.88%
Housing with piped water:98.90%72.16%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:93.42%73.30%
Dwellings with radio:67.95%83.52%
Housing with television:87.67%93.18%
Housing with refrigerator:95.07%80.68%
Housing with washing machine:70.14%43.18%
Housing with automobile:54.25%51.99%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:4.66%3.41%
Homes with landline telephone:17.26%33.81%
Dwellings with cellular phones:79.73%17.33%
Homes with Internet:4.93%0.57%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Cañas (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Zacatecas, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of Cañas

With the satellite map of Cañas 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 Sain Alto. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Cañas.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Cañas

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

#5 Population pyramid of Cañas (Zacatecas)

In Cañas 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 Cañas, 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 Cañas
Data of the age pyramid of the town Cañas (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)8071151
Youth (6-14 years)113125238
Adults (15-59 years)381354735
Elderly (60+ years)9087177

#6 Photos of Cañas

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

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#7 The Postal Code of Cañas (Zacatecas) is 99141

Are you going to send a letter to Cañas? Do you have a friend in Cañas and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Cañas consists of the following 5 digits: 99141. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Cañas ("99") correspond to the state code of Zacatecas, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.

#8 Vote for Cañas as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Sain Alto

  1. Bajío de Pajaritos (Jesús María Moctezuma L.) (- inhabitants)
  2. Cañada Larga (8 inhabitants)
  3. Doce de Diciembre (- inhabitants)
  4. El Alamillo (- inhabitants)
  5. El Fresno (812 inhabitants)
  6. El Oliván (192 inhabitants)
  7. El Sauz (441 inhabitants)
  8. Emiliano Zapata (San José) (1982 inhabitants)
  9. Fracción de San Rafael (Francisco Alvarado Goytia) (- inhabitants)
  10. La Calzada (Mónico Huerta Huerta) (4 inhabitants)
  11. La Cementera (- inhabitants)
  12. La Soledad (9 inhabitants)
  13. Nicolás Bravo (San Nicolás) (771 inhabitants)
  14. Yonque Recicar (5 inhabitants)
  15. San Antonio del Álamo (42 inhabitants)