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El Arenal (Veracruz)

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The town of El Arenal (Veracruz) belongs to the municipality of Uxpanapa. There are 164 inhabitants and it is 87 meters altitude. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #33 of the ranking.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Arenal, 9% of individuals have completed secondary education and 2% 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 El Arenal? You can find it at 13.2 kilometers, in direction Southwest, from the town of Poblado 10, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Arenal through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

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

What is the route to get to El Arenal (Veracruz)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon

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#2 The population of El Arenal (Veracruz) is 164 inhabitants

Population data in El Arenal (Veracruz)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	85	79	164
2010	94	104	198
2005	77	89	166

Evolution of the population in El Arenal: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Arenal:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.82	13.46
Population coming from outside the State of Veracruz:	15.24%	18.18%
Illiterate population:	14.02%	15.66%
Illiterate population (men):	6.71%	13.46%
Illiterate population (women):	7.32%	18.09%
Schooling level:	4.54	4.08
Schooling level (men):	4.4	4.53
Schooling level (women):	4.67	3.54

Indigenous culture data in El Arenal:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	20.73%	6.06%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	9.76%	2.53%
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 Arenal, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Veracruz, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Uxpanapa (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Arenal:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	44.51%	31.82%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	70.89%	60.58%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	20.00%	0.00%
Number of inhabited private housings:	40	47
Homes with electricity:	100.00%	97.73%
Homes with piped water:	97.50%	0.00%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	82.50%	90.91%
Homes with a radio:	32.50%	0.00%
Homes with a television:	47.50%	77.27%
Homes with a refrigerator:	72.50%	79.55%
Homes with a washing machine:	42.50%	25.00%
Homes with a car:	20.00%	15.91%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	2.50%	0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:	10.00%	2.27%
Homes with cell phones:	32.50%	0.00%
Homes with Internet:	22.50%	0.00%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Arenal (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Veracruz, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of El Arenal

With the satellite map of El Arenal 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 Uxpanapa. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Arenal.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Arenal

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

• HOTEL EL FESTIVALITO: 21 km away, direction Southeast (15 minutes by car)
• HOTEL CHAGALA: 22 km away, direction Southeast (18 minutes by car)
• HOTEL CHAGALA: 20 km away, direction Southeast (13 minutes by car)
• POSADA SAN VICENTE: 21 km away, direction Southeast (18 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Arenal

Are you visiting and don't know what to do in El Arenal? The list of the best places to visit in El Arenal and nearby locations.
Las mejores montes de El Arenal para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro Frontón (255 meters): 12.4 km walk (190 minutes), heading East.

Are you looking for charming villages in the surroundings of El Arenal?:

• Lázaro Cárdenas (131 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Northwest (4 minutes by car)
• El Faisán (30 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
• Nuevo Cantón (Poblado Siete) (886 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Southeast (6 minutes by car)
• General Emiliano Zapata (El Pescadito) (385 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Northeast (7 minutes by car)

This information is based on geographical data. Distances may vary depending on terrain, driving style or walking conditions.

#6 Population pyramid of El Arenal (Veracruz)

In El Arenal 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 Arenal, 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 El Arenal (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	10	9	19
Youth (6-14 years)	20	17	37
Adults (15-59 years)	46	43	89
Elderly (60+ years)	9	10	19

#7 Pictures of El Arenal

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Arenal? 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 pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Arenal.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Arenal (Veracruz) is 96998

Are you going to send a letter to El Arenal? Do you have a friend in El Arenal and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Arenal consists of the following 5 digits: 96998. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Arenal ("96") correspond to the state code of Veracruz, 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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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Veracruz, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in El Arenal

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