El Arca (Carmen, Campeche)

Learn about small village of El Arca through its photos, maps and population statistics.

All the information about this town of 141 inhabitants of the State of Campeche

Its former name was La Calamidad (Buenavista).

The place of El Arca is inside the municipality of Carmen (in the State of Campeche). There are 141 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #30 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Arca is at 12 meters of altitude.

This town has recently changed its name. It used to be known as La Calamidad (Buenavista). In the year 2010, the locality changed its name.

Data: In El Arca, 16% of the population over 12 years is single and 2% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Arca is located at 101.8 kilometers from Ciudad del Carmen, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the West direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Arca.

#1 Where is El Arca? How to go? Map

Online map of El Arca (Campeche) 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 Arca (Campeche) is 141 inhabitants

Population data in El Arca (Carmen, Campeche)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20206873141
2010136166302
Evolution of the population in El Arca: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Arca:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.887.23
Population coming from outside the State of Campeche:51.06%45.70%
Illiterate population:14.18%6.95%
Illiterate population (men):7.09%7.23%
Illiterate population (women):7.09%6.62%
Schooling level:5.216.06
Schooling level (men):5.346.12
Schooling level (women):5.085.99
Indigenous culture data in El Arca:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:22.70%9.27%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:13.48%3.97%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.71%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Arca, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Campeche, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Arca:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:66.67%40.40%
Employed population over 12 years (men):68.49%57.83%
Employed population over 12 years (women):64.71%19.12%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:48105
Homes with electricity:47.92%15.05%
Housing with piped water:41.67%2.15%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:79.17%48.39%
Dwellings with radio:43.75%19.35%
Housing with television:31.25%3.23%
Housing with refrigerator:8.33%6.45%
Housing with washing machine:12.50%4.30%
Housing with automobile:25.00%12.90%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:16.67%1.08%
Dwellings with cellular phones:60.42%7.53%
Homes with Internet:2.08%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Arca (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Campeche, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Arca

With the satellite map of El Arca 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 Carmen. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Arca.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Arca

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

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#7 Other towns in the Municipality of Carmen

  1. Campo Menonita Río Verde 2 (76 inhabitants)
  2. El Compa (5 inhabitants)
  3. El Faisán (55 inhabitants)
  4. El Milagro (1 inhabitants)
  5. El Pargo (2 inhabitants)
  6. El Porvenir (2 inhabitants)
  7. Los Pinos (4 inhabitants)
  8. Isla Aguada (7620 inhabitants)
  9. La Guadalupana (- inhabitants)
  10. San Miguel (3 inhabitants)
  11. Polboxal (11 inhabitants)
  12. San Luis (- inhabitants)
  13. San Luis (- inhabitants)
  14. San Pablo (- inhabitants)
  15. Tierra sin Nombre [Tierra sin Nombre (4 inhabitants)