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El Atrancón (Michoacán)

Maps, pictures and statistics of El Atrancón, a beautiful medium-sized town of 290 inhabitants of the State of Michoacán

The town of El Atrancón (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Aquila. There are 290 inhabitants and it is 30 meters altitude. It's a beach town: the beach of Playa Salinas is 5 km away. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #25 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Atrancón, 38% of the population over 12 years is single and 44% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Atrancón is located at 82.7 kilometers from Aquila, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Northeast direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Atrancón.

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

Online map of El Atrancón in Michoacán, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on

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#2 The population of El Atrancón (Michoacán) is 290 inhabitants

Population data in El Atrancón (Michoacán)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	147	143	290
2010	90	104	194
2005	72	83	155

Evolution of the population in El Atrancón: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Atrancón:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.75	11.54
Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán:	1.72%	1.03%
Illiterate population:	9.66%	10.31%
Illiterate population (men):	4.83%	11.54%
Illiterate population (women):	4.83%	8.89%
Schooling level:	5.53	4.77
Schooling level (men):	5.25	4.48
Schooling level (women):	5.83	5.12

Indigenous culture data in El Atrancón:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	0.00%	0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	0.34%	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 El Atrancón, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Michoacán, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Atrancón:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	50.69%	35.05%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	61.54%	52.88%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	40.14%	14.44%
Number of inhabited private housings:	68	52
Homes with electricity:	95.59%	90.20%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	54.90%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	85.29%	82.35%
Homes with a radio:	11.76%	7.84%
Homes with a television:	77.94%	86.27%
Homes with a refrigerator:	80.88%	80.39%
Homes with a washing machine:	77.94%	68.63%
Homes with a car:	54.41%	41.18%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	4.41%	1.96%
Homes with landline telephone:	1.47%	0.00%
Homes with cell phones:	67.65%	0.00%
Homes with Internet:	44.12%	0.00%

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

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#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Atrancón

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

• HOTEL PARTUR CALETA DE CAMPOS: 20 km away, direction Southeast (17 minutes by car)
• HOTEL DAMIP: 25 km away, direction Southeast (21 minutes by car)
• BULGALOS VILLA ESTRELLA: 24 km away, direction Southeast (19 minutes by car)
• VILLA TROPICAL: 23 km away, direction Southeast (15 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Atrancón

Want to know what to see in El Atrancón if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Atrancón.
Beaches in El Atrancón for sunbathing:

• Playa Salinas: A 5 km walk (54 minutes) or 7 minutes by car, heading South.
• Playa El Morro: A 5 km walk (45 minutes) or 5 minutes by car, heading Southwest.
• Playa El Chical: A 8 km walk (88 minutes) or 12 minutes by car, heading West.
• Playa El Mezquite: A 20 km walk (194 minutes) or 21 minutes by car, heading West.

Las mejores montes de El Atrancón para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro de Vázquez (415 meters): 5.0 km walk (85 minutes), heading Northwest.
• Loma El Morro (40 meters): 4.9 km walk (80 minutes), heading West.
• Loma El Chical (71 meters): 5.8 km walk (74 minutes), heading West.
• Loma El Trompo (34 meters): 6.9 km walk (109 minutes), heading West.

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

• Las Salinas (31 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
• Agua del Oso (7 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Northeast (5 minutes by car)
• Majahua (47 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
• El Morro (17 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the West (6 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 Atrancón (Michoacán)

In El Atrancón 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 Atrancón, 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 Atrancón (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	19	18	37
Youth (6-14 years)	34	23	57
Adults (15-59 years)	83	90	173
Elderly (60+ years)	11	12	23

#7 Pictures of El Atrancón

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Atrancón? 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 Atrancón.
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