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El Carmen (Chiapas)

Maps, pictures and statistics of El Carmen, a beautiful large village of 1,085 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas

The town of El Carmen (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Chilón. There are 1,085 inhabitants and it is 1,312 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #17 of the whole municipality.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Carmen, 10% 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.

To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Carmen is located at 26.7 kilometers (in direction East) from the locality of Chilón, 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

How to get to the town of El Carmen in Chiapas? Using this map, use the controls to zoom in and out on the village and others in the vicinity to see the direct route, and to be able to plan, for example, hiking activities in El Carmen.

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#2 The population of El Carmen (Chiapas) is 1,085 inhabitants

Population data in El Carmen (Chiapas)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	505	580	1085
2010	430	465	895
2005	379	394	773

Evolution of the population in El Carmen: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.13	7.10
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:	0.00%	0.11%
Illiterate population:	9.49%	15.08%
Illiterate population (men):	2.49%	7.10%
Illiterate population (women):	7.00%	23.72%
Schooling level:	6.68	4.82
Schooling level (men):	7.97	6
Schooling level (women):	5.33	3.72

Indigenous culture data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	100.00%	100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	85.81%	84.69%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	8.76%	30.17%

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

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Chilón (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	57.79%	20.45%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	55.17%	37.42%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	60.79%	2.09%
Number of inhabited private housings:	191	142
Homes with electricity:	96.86%	83.09%
Homes with piped water:	99.48%	86.03%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	95.29%	74.26%
Homes with a radio:	30.89%	44.85%
Homes with a television:	50.79%	40.44%
Homes with a refrigerator:	16.75%	7.35%
Homes with a washing machine:	1.05%	0.74%
Homes with a car:	2.09%	0.00%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.00%	0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:	0.52%	0.00%
Homes with cell phones:	47.12%	5.88%
Homes with Internet:	0.52%	0.74%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Carmen (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.
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#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 Chilón. 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 ARENAS: 20 km away, direction Southwest (14 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE EL CALLEJON: 17 km away, direction Southwest (14 minutes by car)
• HOTEL MIRAMAR: 18 km away, direction Southwest (13 minutes by car)
• POSADA SAN LUIS: 21 km away, direction Southwest (17 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Carmen

A weekend in El Carmen and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Carmen and surroundings to find the best destinations.
Las mejores montes de El Carmen para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro Alto (1830 meters): 5.0 km walk (68 minutes), heading Northwest.
• Cerro Taravia (1879 meters): 7.5 km walk (105 minutes), heading Southeast.
• Cerro Liquilhuitz (1402 meters): 12.7 km walk (262 minutes), heading Northeast.
• Cerro Pojolil (1292 meters): 11.7 km walk (152 minutes), heading North.

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

• Tzobojitle Jotoaquil (1362 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the West (5 minutes by car)
• Yetal-Tz'ac (116 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the North (8 minutes by car)
• Las Ruinas (36 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the North (7 minutes by car)
• Las Palmas (183 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the East (8 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 Carmen (Chiapas)

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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town El Carmen (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	73	101	174
Youth (6-14 years)	132	162	294
Adults (15-59 years)	271	278	549
Elderly (60+ years)	29	39	68

#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 The Postal Code of El Carmen (Chiapas) is 29944

Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Carmen so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 29944. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Carmen ("29") correspond to the State of Chiapas, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.

#9 Vote for El Carmen as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Chiapas, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in El Carmen

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