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El Cangrejo (Nayarit)

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The town of El Cangrejo (Nayarit) belongs to the municipality of Del Nayar. There are 145 inhabitants and it is 1,462 meters altitude. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #61 of the ranking.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Cangrejo, 19% of individuals have completed secondary education and 0% 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 Cangrejo? You can find it at 13.4 kilometers, in direction West, from the town of Jesús María, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Cangrejo through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.

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

What is the route to get to El Cangrejo (Nayarit)? 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 Cangrejo (Nayarit) is 145 inhabitants

Population data in El Cangrejo (Nayarit)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	71	74	145
2010	73	71	144
2005	64	74	138

Evolution of the population in El Cangrejo: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Cangrejo:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.04	7.04
Population coming from outside the State of Nayarit:	0.00%	0.00%
Illiterate population:	13.10%	13.89%
Illiterate population (men):	2.76%	7.04%
Illiterate population (women):	10.34%	20.55%
Schooling level:	5.16	4.31
Schooling level (men):	5.74	5.36
Schooling level (women):	4.61	3.17

Indigenous culture data in El Cangrejo:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	100.00%	97.92%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	83.45%	79.17%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	8.97%	21.53%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Cangrejo, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Nayarit, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Cangrejo:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	27.59%	9.72%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	45.95%	8.45%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	8.45%	10.96%
Number of inhabited private housings:	31	32
Homes with electricity:	64.52%	84.00%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	72.00%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	9.68%	0.00%
Homes with a radio:	61.29%	68.00%
Homes with a television:	35.48%	28.00%
Homes with a refrigerator:	19.35%	4.00%
Homes with a washing machine:	0.00%	0.00%
Homes with a car:	3.23%	12.00%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.00%	0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:	0.00%	0.00%
Homes with cell phones:	41.94%	0.00%
Homes with Internet:	0.00%	0.00%

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

With the satellite map of El Cangrejo 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 Del Nayar. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Cangrejo.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Cangrejo

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

• HOTEL EL NAYAR: 22 km away, direction East (15 minutes by car)
• CUARTOS DE RENTA: 20 km away, direction East (14 minutes by car)
• CASA DE ASISTENCIA: 17 km away, direction East (15 minutes by car)
• HOTEL AZUL: 19 km away, direction East (13 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Cangrejo

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

• Mesa El Cangrejo (1519 meters): 0.9 km walk (17 minutes), heading Northeast.
• Cerro El Cangrejo (1547 meters): 1.8 km walk (23 minutes), heading South.
• Cerro El Quemado (1904 meters): 5.3 km walk (70 minutes), heading Northwest.
• Cerro La Abra (1293 meters): 5.3 km walk (79 minutes), heading Northeast.

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

• La Taberna (86 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southwest (6 minutes by car)
• Aserradero (49 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the South (6 minutes by car)
• La Cuesta (44 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southeast (5 minutes by car)
• María Marina García Lucas (9 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the Southwest (9 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 Cangrejo (Nayarit)

In El Cangrejo 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 Cangrejo, 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 Cangrejo (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	11	13	24
Youth (6-14 years)	16	19	35
Adults (15-59 years)	39	36	75
Elderly (60+ years)	5	6	11

#7 Pictures of El Cangrejo

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Cangrejo? 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 Cangrejo.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Cangrejo (Nayarit) is 63543

Are you going to send a letter to El Cangrejo? Do you have a friend in El Cangrejo and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Cangrejo consists of the following 5 digits: 63543. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Cangrejo ("63") correspond to the state code of Nayarit, 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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#10 Schools in El Cangrejo

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