El Carmen (Oaxaca)
The most complete information about the medium-sized town of El Carmen (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 233 inhabitants?
The town of El Carmen (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of Silacayoápam. There are 233 inhabitants and it is 1,584 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #8 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Carmen, 37% of the population over 12 years is single and 0% 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 Carmen is located at 2.9 kilometers (in direction Southesast) from the locality of Silacayoápam, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Carmen.
#1 Where is El Carmen? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Carmen (Oaxaca)? 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 (Oaxaca) is 233 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 123 | 110 | 233 |
| 2010 | 132 | 112 | 244 |
| 2005 | 105 | 89 | 194 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.08 | 8.93 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 4.29% | 3.28% |
| Illiterate population: | 8.58% | 10.66% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.43% | 8.93% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 5.15% | 12.12% |
| Schooling level: | 6.28 | 4.89 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.12 | 4.95 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.42 | 4.84 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 2.46% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.82% |
| 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 Silacayoápam (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 27.47% | 26.64% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 40.00% | 45.54% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 16.26% | 10.61% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 67 | 98 |
| Homes with electricity: | 98.51% | 98.59% |
| Homes with piped water: | 98.51% | 97.18% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 61.19% | 92.96% |
| Homes with a radio: | 59.70% | 80.28% |
| Homes with a television: | 77.61% | 77.46% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 76.12% | 64.79% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 55.22% | 28.17% |
| Homes with a car: | 23.88% | 22.54% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.97% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 1.49% | 1.41% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 82.09% | 2.82% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 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 Silacayoápam. 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 NIEVES: 5 km away, direction Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN MIGUEL: 25 km away, direction Southeast (21 minutes by car)
- HOTEL JULIO: 23 km away, direction West (16 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LA PALMA: 26 km away, direction West (22 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 Colorado (1944 meters): 1.8 km walk (29 minutes), heading South.
- Loma El Palmar (1800 meters): 2.6 km walk (54 minutes), heading East.
- La Calera (2027 meters): 4.0 km walk (52 minutes), heading North.
- Los Caracoles (2067 meters): 4.2 km walk (76 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Yushico (19 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Santiago Patlanalá (225 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northeast (2 minutes by car)
- Barrio de la Providencia (65 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Northwest (4 minutes by car)
- Quinta Sección (Pista Aérea) (29 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Carmen (Oaxaca)
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) | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 16 | 17 | 33 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 67 | 54 | 121 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 30 | 29 | 59 |
#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.
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#8 Vote for El Carmen as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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#9 Schools in El Carmen
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Silacayoápam
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Silacayoápam
- Barrio de la Soledad (- inhabitants)
- El Carmen (233 inhabitants)
- Guadalupe Cabacoa (18 inhabitants)
- Los Reyes Michapa (128 inhabitants)
- Quinta Sección (Pista Aérea) (29 inhabitants)
- Rancho Alfaro (125 inhabitants)
- San Isidro (156 inhabitants)
- San Jerónimo Progreso (184 inhabitants)
- San Martín del Estado (356 inhabitants)
- San Mateo Nuevo (43 inhabitants)
- San Miguel Aguacates (89 inhabitants)
- San Sebastián Zoquiápam (390 inhabitants)
- Santiago Asunción (239 inhabitants)
- Santiago Patlanalá (225 inhabitants)
- Yushico (19 inhabitants)