Carapan (Michoacán de Ocampo)
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Did you know that this town in Michoacán de Ocampo has 6,867 inhabitants?
The town of Carapan is located in the Municipality of Chilchota (in the State of Michoacán de Ocampo). There are 6,867 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #2 of the ranking. Carapan is at 1,962 meters of altitude.
Data: In Carapan, 21% of individuals have completed secondary education and 11% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of Carapan? You can find it at 8.7 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Chilchota, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the Carapan location through satellite images, at the bottom of our webpage you have an interactive map.
Where is Carapan? How to get there? Map
Map to know how to get to Carapan (Michoacán de Ocampo) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of Carapan, which has the following symbol 
Need to locate a certain Carapan building on a satellite photo? In this link we have an updated image, where you can see the streets and houses of the village.
The population of Carapan (Michoacán de Ocampo) is 6,867 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3516 | 3351 | 6867 |
| 2010 | 3333 | 3046 | 6379 |
| 2005 | 2362 | 2195 | 4557 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.28 | 7.03 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán de Ocampo: | 1.33% | 0.96% |
| Illiterate population: | 6.79% | 9.19% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.64% | 7.03% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 4.15% | 11.16% |
| Schooling level: | 7.74 | 6.78 |
| Schooling level (men): | 7.87 | 7.04 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.62 | 6.56 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 88.25% | 89.75% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 70.51% | 75.04% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 1.06% | 2.82% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Chilchota (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 47.27% | 36.70% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 60.19% | 55.52% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 34.95% | 19.50% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 1,679 | 1,805 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.11% | 96.01% |
| Housing with piped water: | 99.11% | 96.40% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 75.58% | 93.82% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 84.16% | 78.31% |
| Housing with television: | 89.16% | 87.58% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 63.61% | 42.21% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 21.14% | 13.51% |
| Housing with automobile: | 19.18% | 18.34% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 11.26% | 7.14% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 5.84% | 15.57% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 81.60% | 32.11% |
| Homes with Internet: | 19.65% | 2.38% |
Satellite photo of Carapan
With the satellite map of Carapan 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 Chilchota. You can search free satellite map (2023) of Carapan.
Population pyramid of Carapan (Michoacán de Ocampo)
In Carapan 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 Carapan, 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.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 400 | 429 | 829 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 553 | 604 | 1,157 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 2,204 | 1,989 | 4,193 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 359 | 329 | 688 |
Photos of Carapan
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Carapan? 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 Carapan.
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The Postal Code of Carapan (Michoacán de Ocampo) is 59791
Are you going to send a letter to Carapan? Do you have a friend in Carapan and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Carapan consists of the following 5 digits: 59791. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Carapan ("59") correspond to the state code of Michoacán de Ocampo, 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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