El Caracol (Chiapas)
The most complete information about the small village of El Caracol (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Chiapas has 89 inhabitants?
The town of El Caracol (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Berriozábal. There are 89 inhabitants and it is 893 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Ocozocoautla de Espinosa is 27 minutes away by car (23 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #43 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In El Caracol, 13% 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.
The town of El Caracol is located at 12.0 kilometers from Berriozábal, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Southwest direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Caracol.
#1 Where is El Caracol? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Caracol (Chiapas) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Caracol, which has the following symbol 
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#2 The population of El Caracol (Chiapas) is 89 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47 | 42 | 89 |
| 2010 | 27 | 33 | 60 |
| 2005 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.79 | 15.15 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 15.73% | 23.33% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.37% | 15.15% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 12.36% | 33.33% |
| Schooling level: | 4.35 | 2.29 |
| Schooling level (men): | 4.84 | 2.50 |
| Schooling level (women): | 3.89 | 2.07 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Berriozábal (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 33.71% | 28.33% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 61.90% | 48.48% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 8.51% | 3.70% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 22 | 15 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 91.67% |
| Homes with piped water: | 86.36% | 8.33% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 86.36% | 50.00% |
| Homes with a radio: | 18.18% | 58.33% |
| Homes with a television: | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 27.27% | 16.67% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 27.27% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a car: | 4.55% | 0.00% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 22.73% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Caracol
With the satellite map of El Caracol 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 Berriozábal. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Caracol.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Caracol
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Caracol, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Caracol so you can contact them:- POSADA 24 HORAS: 20 km away, direction Southeast (17 minutes by car)
- POSADA YAMILETH: 16 km away, direction Southeast (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL MANOLO: 21 km away, direction Southeast (16 minutes by car)
- POSADA ANGELITA: 19 km away, direction East (15 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Caracol
A weekend in El Caracol and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Caracol and surroundings to find the best destinations.Las mejores montes de El Caracol para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro El Mirador (1078 meters): 1.6 km walk (25 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro La Campana (954 meters): 4.8 km walk (69 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Buena Vista (1121 meters): 6.5 km walk (130 minutes), heading West.
- Loma El Chayan (1130 meters): 5.9 km walk (98 minutes), heading Southeast.
- Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (Chiapas): Don't miss "Mirador de la Cruz", 27 km, heading South (23 minutes by car)
- Copainalá (Chiapas): Don't miss "Iglesia de San Vicente Ferrer", 52 km, heading Northeast (35 minutes by car)
- Chiapa de Corzo (Chiapas): Don't miss "Iglesia de San Sebastian", 55 km, heading Southeast (52 minutes by car)
- Cima el Porvenir (10 inhabitants): Located 0 km to the South (1 minutes by car)
- Las Peñitas (25 inhabitants): Located 0 km to the West (1 minutes by car)
- Santa Cruz (Las Cruces) (6 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northeast (2 minutes by car)
- El Tirol (81 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (3 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Caracol (Chiapas)
In El Caracol 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 Caracol, 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) | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 23 | 23 | 46 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
#7 Pictures of El Caracol
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Caracol? 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 Caracol.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Caracol (Chiapas) is 29133
Are you going to send a letter to El Caracol? Do you have a friend in El Caracol and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Caracol consists of the following 5 digits: 29133. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Caracol ("29") correspond to the state code of Chiapas, 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 Caracol
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Berriozábal
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Berriozábal
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- El Olivo (Geyfer) (8 inhabitants)
- Jorge Zepeda (7 inhabitants)
- La Flor (13 inhabitants)
- La Gloria (- inhabitants)
- La Marina La Florida (4 inhabitants)
- La Vaqueta (- inhabitants)
- Las Camelias (227 inhabitants)
- Las Limas (3 inhabitants)
- Monterrey (4 inhabitants)
- Paraíso (4 inhabitants)
- San Agustín (- inhabitants)
- San Francisco (164 inhabitants)
- La Pera Santa Bárbara (- inhabitants)
- Vistahermosa (354 inhabitants)