El Camarón (Oaxaca)
We have collected many facts about the small village of El Camarón, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 160 inhabitants of Oaxaca.
The town of El Camarón (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of Santa María Colotepec. There are 160 inhabitants and it is 25 meters altitude. It's a beach town: the beach of Playa Zicatela is 12 km away. It is the most populated town in the position #21 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Camarón, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 14% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Camarón is located at 6.7 kilometers (in direction West) from the locality of Brisas de Zicatela, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Santa María Colotepec) it is at 6.7 kilometers in direction Southesast. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Camarón.
#1 Where is El Camarón? How to go? Map
Online map of El Camarón in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Camarón (Oaxaca) is 160 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 81 | 79 | 160 |
| 2010 | 73 | 79 | 152 |
| 2005 | 61 | 67 | 128 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.56 | 7.59 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.62% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 8.12% | 10.53% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.50% | 7.59% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 5.62% | 13.70% |
| Schooling level: | 6.64 | 5.82 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.98 | 6.25 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.3 | 5.36 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 8.12% | 2.63% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 3.75% | 0.66% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.62% | 0.00% |
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| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 31.87% | 33.55% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 50.63% | 59.49% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 13.58% | 5.48% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 35 | 34 |
| Homes with electricity: | 97.14% | 100.00% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 2.94% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 94.29% | 91.18% |
| Homes with a radio: | 51.43% | 73.53% |
| Homes with a television: | 91.43% | 76.47% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 91.43% | 88.24% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 20.00% | 11.76% |
| Homes with a car: | 8.57% | 11.76% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.71% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 5.88% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 80.00% | 5.88% |
| Homes with Internet: | 14.29% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Camarón
With the satellite map of El Camarón 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 Santa María Colotepec. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Camarón.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Camarón
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Camarón, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Camarón so you can contact them:- BUNGALOWS ZICATELA MANGO PUERTO ESCONDIDO: 9 km away, direction Southwest (7 minutes by car)
- HOSTAL NAHUAL: 8 km away, direction Southwest (6 minutes by car)
- HOTEL TERRANOVA: 9 km away, direction Southwest (6 minutes by car)
- HOSTAL: 10 km away, direction Southwest (7 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Camarón
Want to know what to see in El Camarón if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Camarón.Beaches in El Camarón for sunbathing:
- Playa Zicatela: A 12 km walk (144 minutes) or 17 minutes by car, heading Southwest.
- Playa Bachoco: A 16 km walk (135 minutes) or 23 minutes by car, heading West.
- Cerro La Cebadilla (678 meters): 6.0 km walk (90 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro Ocote (511 meters): 6.3 km walk (112 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro Las Palmitas (510 meters): 9.6 km walk (174 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro El Caballo (783 meters): 14.3 km walk (268 minutes), heading Northeast.
- La Ceiba (191 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southeast (1 minutes by car)
- Totolápam (123 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Arroyo del Zapote (190 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (3 minutes by car)
- Los Vargas (44 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the East (3 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Camarón (Oaxaca)
In El Camarón 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 Camarón, 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) | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 20 | 13 | 33 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 48 | 47 | 95 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 9 | 10 | 19 |
#7 Pictures of El Camarón
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Camarón? 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 Camarón.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Camarón (Oaxaca) is 70938
Are you going to send a letter to El Camarón? Do you have a friend in El Camarón and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Camarón consists of the following 5 digits: 70938. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Camarón ("70") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for El Camarón as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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#10 Schools in El Camarón
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Santa María Colotepec
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Santa María Colotepec
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- Arroyo del Zapote (190 inhabitants)
- El Camalote (228 inhabitants)
- El Camarón (160 inhabitants)
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- El Rosedal (89 inhabitants)
- Emiliano Zapata (912 inhabitants)
- La Nopalera (84 inhabitants)
- La Nueva Esperanza (104 inhabitants)
- La Quebradora (La Bomba) (215 inhabitants)
- Marinero (481 inhabitants)
- Palma Sola (111 inhabitants)
- Plataforma (29 inhabitants)
- Santa María Colotepec (1539 inhabitants)