What is the population of Chiñón (Oaxaca)?

Chiñón (Oaxaca)

The most complete information about the medium-sized town of Chiñón (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 304 inhabitants?

The place of Chiñón is inside the municipality of San Martín Peras (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 304 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #7 in terms of number of inhabitants. Chiñón is at 1,900 meters of altitude.

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Data: In Chiñón, there is a percentage of 98% of indigenous population and 92% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on Chiñón? They are at the bottom of this page.

The town of Chiñón is located at 5.1 kilometers from San Martín Peras, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the South direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of Chiñón.

#1 Where is Chiñón? How to go? Map

How to get to the town of Chiñón in Oaxaca? Using this map, use the controls to zoom in and out on the village and others in the vicinity to see the direct route, and to be able to plan, for example, hiking activities in Chiñón.

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#2 The population of Chiñón (Oaxaca) is 304 inhabitants

Population data in Chiñón (Oaxaca)
Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	167	137	304
2010	132	161	293
2005	221	233	454

Evolution of the population in Chiñón: Total Men Women

Other demographic data in Chiñón:
	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.8	19.88
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca:	5.26%	0.34%
Illiterate population:	29.93%	27.99%
Illiterate population (men):	11.18%	19.88%
Illiterate population (women):	18.75%	37.88%
Schooling level:	2.92	1.95
Schooling level (men):	3.1	2.51
Schooling level (women):	2.78	1.45

Indigenous culture data in Chiñón:
	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	97.70%	97.95%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	89.80%	82.25%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	36.51%	60.41%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Chiñón, 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 Chiñón:
	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	10.20%	9.22%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	14.60%	11.18%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	6.59%	6.82%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:	52	105
Homes with electricity:	96.15%	88.24%
Housing with piped water:	98.08%	94.12%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:	69.23%	43.14%
Dwellings with radio:	28.85%	25.49%
Housing with television:	59.62%	56.86%
Housing with refrigerator:	63.46%	29.41%
Housing with washing machine:	17.31%	15.69%
Housing with automobile:	34.62%	11.76%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.00%	1.96%
Homes with landline telephone:	1.92%	0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:	92.31%	0.00%
Homes with Internet:	3.85%	0.00%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in Chiñón (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 Chiñón

With the satellite map of Chiñón 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 San Martín Peras. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Chiñón.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Chiñón

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of Chiñón, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to Chiñón so you can contact them.:

HOTEL JULIO: 16 km away, direction North (13 minutes by car)
HOTEL LA PALMA: 20 km away, direction North (16 minutes by car)
HOTEL NIEVES: 24 km away, direction Northeast (16 minutes by car)
HOTEL SAN JOSE: 25 km away, direction West (18 minutes by car)

#5 Population pyramid of Chiñón (Oaxaca)

In Chiñón 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 Chiñón, 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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town Chiñón (inhabitants year 2020)
Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	21	14	35
Youth (6-14 years)	45	44	89
Adults (15-59 years)	76	57	133
Elderly (60+ years)	25	22	47

#6 Photos of Chiñón

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

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#7 Vote for Chiñón as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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