El Carmen (Guanajuato)
We have collected many facts about the large village of El Carmen, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 842 inhabitants of Guanajuato.
The town of El Carmen (Guanajuato) belongs to the municipality of Victoria. There are 842 inhabitants and it is 1,906 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Mineral de Pozos is 31 minutes away by car (28 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #7 of the ranking.
Data: In El Carmen, 38% of individuals have completed secondary education and 15% 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 Carmen? You can find it at 11.3 kilometers, in direction West, from the town of Victoria, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Carmen through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Carmen? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Carmen (Guanajuato)? 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 Carmen (Guanajuato) is 842 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 444 | 398 | 842 |
| 2010 | 377 | 339 | 716 |
| 2005 | 343 | 351 | 694 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.85 | 6.78 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Guanajuato: | 4.39% | 3.77% |
| Illiterate population: | 5.58% | 9.22% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 1.78% | 6.78% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.80% | 11.41% |
| Schooling level: | 7.33 | 5.77 |
| Schooling level (men): | 7.23 | 6.04 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.42 | 5.54 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.48% | 0.98% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.12% | 0.14% |
| 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 Victoria (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 36.34% | 26.26% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 52.01% | 46.61% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 22.30% | 7.96% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 220 | 203 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.55% | 97.60% |
| Homes with piped water: | 96.36% | 85.03% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 95.45% | 91.62% |
| Homes with a radio: | 51.82% | 80.84% |
| Homes with a television: | 94.55% | 94.01% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 85.91% | 71.86% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 40.00% | 33.53% |
| Homes with a car: | 40.00% | 32.93% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 15.00% | 5.39% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 15.00% | 39.52% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 57.73% | 1.80% |
| Homes with Internet: | 35.91% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Carmen
With the satellite map of El Carmen 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 Victoria. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Carmen.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Carmen
Do you want to stay in El Carmen? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Carmen:- HOTEL CABAAK: 17 km away, direction East (14 minutes by car)
- POSADA LA UNIÓN: 15 km away, direction South (11 minutes by car)
- POSADA HIDALGO: 16 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
- POSADA VILLA VICTORIA: 15 km away, direction East (13 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Carmen
Want to know what to see in El Carmen if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Carmen.Las mejores montes de El Carmen para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro Boludo (2110 meters): 2.9 km walk (45 minutes), heading South.
- Rincón de Bueyes (2196 meters): 3.6 km walk (62 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Filo de la Gotera (2250 meters): 3.5 km walk (68 minutes), heading South.
- Mesa Las Flores (2401 meters): 4.3 km walk (84 minutes), heading West.
- Mineral de Pozos (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Capilla de San Antonio de Padua", 31 km, heading West (28 minutes by car)
- Puerto de Domingo (80 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Northwest (5 minutes by car)
- Capilla Blanca (175 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southwest (5 minutes by car)
- Negritas (76 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southeast (5 minutes by car)
- La Esperanza (190 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the North (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Carmen (Guanajuato)
In El Carmen 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 Carmen, 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) | 46 | 53 | 99 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 86 | 72 | 158 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 255 | 231 | 486 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 57 | 42 | 99 |
#7 Pictures of El Carmen
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Carmen? 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 Carmen.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Carmen en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of El Carmen (Guanajuato) is 37926
Are you going to send a letter to El Carmen? Do you have a friend in El Carmen and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Carmen consists of the following 5 digits: 37926. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Carmen ("37") correspond to the state code of Guanajuato, 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 Carmen as the most beautiful town in Mexico
Do you like El Carmen or don't you like it very much? Now you can vote for El Carmen to let everyone know about it. Use these stars ("0" you don't like it much, "5" you like it a lot) to rate it with your opinion.
In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Guanajuato, by popular vote:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Guanajuato
#10 Schools in El Carmen
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Victoria
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Victoria
- Capilla Blanca (175 inhabitants)
- El Capulín (- inhabitants)
- El Capulín (3 inhabitants)
- El Obispo (San Martín del Obispo) (80 inhabitants)
- El Peltre (7 inhabitants)
- El Terrón Blanco (1 inhabitants)
- Entronque a Xacalázuchitl (24 inhabitants)
- La Estancia (219 inhabitants)
- La Gavia Chica (105 inhabitants)
- La Mora (2 inhabitants)
- Las Adjuntas (Los Cojos) (- inhabitants)
- Las Chivas (94 inhabitants)
- Los Colorados (16 inhabitants)
- Mesa Alta (1 inhabitants)
- Piedra Gorda (9 inhabitants)