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El Carmen (Chiapas)

Maps, pictures and statistics of El Carmen, a beautiful small village of 29 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas

The town of El Carmen (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Ocosingo. There are 29 inhabitants and it is 702 meters altitude. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #361 of the ranking.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Carmen, 14% 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.

Do you want to locate the town of El Carmen? You can find it at 39.7 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Ocosingo, 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

Online map of El Carmen (Chiapas) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of El Carmen (Chiapas) is 29 inhabitants

Population data in El Carmen (Chiapas)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	18	11	29
2010	33	33	66
2005	28	35	63

Evolution of the population in El Carmen: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3	18.18
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:	0.00%	0.00%
Illiterate population:	31.03%	34.85%
Illiterate population (men):	13.79%	18.18%
Illiterate population (women):	17.24%	51.52%
Schooling level:	3.73	2.55
Schooling level (men):	3.44	4.10
Schooling level (women):	3.92	1.25

Indigenous culture data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	100.00%	100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	75.86%	80.30%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	13.79%	43.94%

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 Ocosingo (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Carmen:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	41.38%	27.27%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	72.73%	54.55%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	22.22%	0.00%
Number of inhabited private housings:	10	15
Homes with electricity:	100.00%	0.00%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	93.33%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	70.00%	53.33%
Homes with a radio:	40.00%	46.67%
Homes with a television:	30.00%	0.00%
Homes with a refrigerator:	10.00%	0.00%
Homes with a washing machine:	0.00%	0.00%
Homes with a car:	0.00%	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:	10.00%	0.00%
Homes with Internet:	0.00%	0.00%

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 Ocosingo. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Carmen.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Carmen

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Carmen, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Carmen so you can contact them:

• HOTEL ARENAS: 52 km away, direction West (40 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE EL ROSAL: 55 km away, direction West (38 minutes by car)
• HOTEL LOS LAURELES: 52 km away, direction West (43 minutes by car)
• HOTEL GEMINIS: 65 km away, direction West (49 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 Martínez de Castro (1524 meters): 7.0 km walk (145 minutes), heading North.
• Cerro La Estrella (1109 meters): 11.4 km walk (195 minutes), heading Southwest.
• Cerro Comti (1365 meters): 9.8 km walk (203 minutes), heading Southwest.
• Cerro Sakchen (Cueva Blanca) (1609 meters): 12.5 km walk (198 minutes), heading Southeast.

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

• San Antonio (24 inhabitants): Located 0 km to the Northwest (0 minutes by car)
• El Primor (10 inhabitants): Located 0 km to the Southwest (1 minutes by car)
• La Unión Uno (15 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southeast (1 minutes by car)
• El Porvenir (10 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southwest (1 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)	2	2	4
Youth (6-14 years)	3	0	3
Adults (15-59 years)	11	7	18
Elderly (60+ years)	2	2	4

#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 29950

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: 29950. 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:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Chiapas

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