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El Centenario (Nayarit)

Maps, pictures and statistics of El Centenario, a beautiful large village of 908 inhabitants of the State of Nayarit

The town of El Centenario (Nayarit) belongs to the municipality of Acaponeta. There are 908 inhabitants and it is 34 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #9 of the whole municipality.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Centenario, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 2% 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 Centenario is located at 2.1 kilometers (in direction South) from the locality of Acaponeta, 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 Centenario.

#1 Where is El Centenario? How to go? Map

Map to know how to get to El Centenario (Nayarit) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Centenario, which has the following symbol

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#2 The population of El Centenario (Nayarit) is 908 inhabitants

Population data in El Centenario (Nayarit)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	437	471	908
2010	349	352	701
2005	290	288	578

Evolution of the population in El Centenario: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Centenario:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.63	3.12
Population coming from outside the State of Nayarit:	9.47%	9.70%
Illiterate population:	3.52%	5.14%
Illiterate population (men):	1.10%	3.12%
Illiterate population (women):	2.42%	7.16%
Schooling level:	8.5	6.92
Schooling level (men):	8.46	7.11
Schooling level (women):	8.54	6.74

Indigenous culture data in El Centenario:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	10.13%	18.40%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	3.41%	5.71%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	0.00%	0.00%

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

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

Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Centenario:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	45.93%	27.25%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	57.11%	41.48%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	33.87%	12.89%
Number of inhabited private housings:	206	156
Homes with electricity:	96.12%	85.52%
Homes with piped water:	96.60%	0.69%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	79.13%	52.41%
Homes with a radio:	55.34%	56.55%
Homes with a television:	84.95%	86.90%
Homes with a refrigerator:	70.39%	58.62%
Homes with a washing machine:	33.98%	23.45%
Homes with a car:	9.71%	11.72%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	5.83%	1.38%
Homes with landline telephone:	1.46%	1.38%
Homes with cell phones:	77.18%	42.76%
Homes with Internet:	1.94%	0.00%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Centenario (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Nayarit, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of El Centenario

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Centenario, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Acaponeta. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Centenario.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Centenario

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

• HOTEL SAN LUIS: 3 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE JUAREZ: 4 km away, direction South (3 minutes by car)
• HOSPEDAJE ROYAL: 3 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
• CASA DE HUESPEDES: 4 km away, direction South (3 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Centenario

Want to know what to see in El Centenario if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Centenario.
Las mejores montes de El Centenario para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro El Coatepec (127 meters): 5.4 km walk (76 minutes), heading Southwest.
• Cerro El Cacahuatal (110 meters): 5.7 km walk (79 minutes), heading East.
• Cerro El Zopilote (73 meters): 9.3 km walk (160 minutes), heading South.
• Cerro Agua Caliente (155 meters): 10.3 km walk (150 minutes), heading Southeast.

Other towns near El Centenario:

• Unidad Habitacional (234 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
• El Recodo (802 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the East (4 minutes by car)
• Acaponeta (19976 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (6 minutes by car)
• Llano de Mariquitas (178 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Northeast (5 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 Centenario (Nayarit)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Centenario by age and gender, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Centenario there is a generational replacement.

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

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	59	68	127
Youth (6-14 years)	93	102	195
Adults (15-59 years)	258	270	528
Elderly (60+ years)	27	31	58

#7 Pictures of El Centenario

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Centenario? 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 Centenario.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Centenario (Nayarit) is 63413

Are you going to send a letter to El Centenario? Do you have a friend in El Centenario and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Centenario consists of the following 5 digits: 63413. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Centenario ("63") correspond to the state code of Nayarit, 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 Centenario as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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#10 Schools in El Centenario

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