El Carmen (Puebla)
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 1,360 inhabitants of Puebla.
The town of El Carmen (Puebla) belongs to the municipality of Chilchotla. There are 1,360 inhabitants and it is 2,346 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Coscomatepec is 58 minutes away by car (42 km). It is the most populated town in the position #3 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Carmen, 22% of individuals have completed secondary education and 5% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Carmen is located at 2.5 kilometers (in direction Northwest) from the locality of Rafael J. García, 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
Online map of El Carmen in Puebla, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Carmen (Puebla) is 1,360 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 686 | 674 | 1360 |
| 2010 | 568 | 588 | 1156 |
| 2005 | 568 | 574 | 1142 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.04 | 13.61 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Puebla: | 8.53% | 4.33% |
| Illiterate population: | 11.18% | 17.21% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.68% | 13.61% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 7.50% | 20.95% |
| Schooling level: | 5.95 | 4.38 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.17 | 4.56 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.73 | 4.19 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 26.40% | 20.33% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 7.79% | 6.75% |
| 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 Chilchotla (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 34.78% | 32.09% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 55.64% | 56.97% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 14.29% | 6.34% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 290 | 291 |
| Homes with electricity: | 98.97% | 98.69% |
| Homes with piped water: | 99.66% | 95.63% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 92.76% | 99.56% |
| Homes with a radio: | 76.90% | 68.56% |
| Homes with a television: | 84.83% | 76.86% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 61.03% | 29.26% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 45.86% | 24.02% |
| Homes with a car: | 17.24% | 11.35% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 4.83% | 1.31% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 12.76% | 14.85% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 76.21% | 7.86% |
| Homes with Internet: | 6.55% | 0.44% |
#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 Chilchotla. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Carmen.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Carmen
Many people want to stay in the town of El Carmen itself, but unfortunately there are no hotels in the village yet. Don't worry, we have created this list of the closest accommodations, so you can ask if they have rooms available:- HOTEL LOS PERRITOS: 3 km away, direction Northeast (2 minutes by car)
- CASA DE HUÉSPEDES LA PAZ: 3 km away, direction Northeast (2 minutes by car)
- HOTEL REAL: 3 km away, direction Northeast (3 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LA FUNDICION: 4 km away, direction Northeast (3 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 Acapixtla (2293 meters): 3.1 km walk (46 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Tecoacoy (2264 meters): 3.9 km walk (57 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Chichinahu (2876 meters): 3.5 km walk (57 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro Xocotzin (2605 meters): 4.1 km walk (85 minutes), heading North.
- Coscomatepec (Veracruz): Don't miss "Callejón del Cañón", 58 km, heading Southeast (42 minutes by car)
- Xico (Veracruz): Don't miss "Casa Museo Hoja de Maíz", 56 km, heading Northeast (46 minutes by car)
- Coatepec (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave): Don't miss "Palacio Municipal", 47 km, heading Northeast (47 minutes by car)
- Alto Lucero (175 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the North (1 minutes by car)
- Rafael J. García (153 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
- La Luz (663 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the West (2 minutes by car)
- San Juan del Valle (426 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Carmen (Puebla)
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) | 99 | 87 | 186 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 135 | 128 | 263 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 375 | 391 | 766 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 77 | 68 | 145 |
#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 (Puebla) is 75071
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: 75071. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Carmen ("75") correspond to the state code of Puebla, 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 Puebla, by popular vote:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Puebla
#10 Schools in El Carmen
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Chilchotla
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Chilchotla
- Ahuatla (94 inhabitants)
- Alto Lucero (175 inhabitants)
- El Ranchito (11 inhabitants)
- Francisco I. Madero (2831 inhabitants)
- Ignacio Zaragoza (1213 inhabitants)
- La Reforma (210 inhabitants)
- Los Capulines (- inhabitants)
- Ocotepec (42 inhabitants)
- Ocoxochitl (19 inhabitants)
- Rafael J. García (- inhabitants)
- San José Chicalotla (216 inhabitants)
- San Miguel Calixitla (Miguel Hidalgo) (389 inhabitants)
- Santa Cruz la Joya (61 inhabitants)
- Teteltitla (280 inhabitants)
- Xaltepec (228 inhabitants)