El Charcón (Guanajuato)
We have collected many facts about the large village of El Charcón, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 664 inhabitants of Guanajuato.
The town of El Charcón (Guanajuato) belongs to the municipality of Manuel Doblado. There are 664 inhabitants and it is 1,720 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Jalpa de Cánovas is 33 minutes away by car (26 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #8 of the ranking.
Data: In El Charcón, 30% of the population over 12 years is single and 16% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Charcón? You can find it at 4.1 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Ciudad Manuel Doblado, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Charcón through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Charcón? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Charcón (Guanajuato) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Charcón, which has the following symbol
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#2 The population of El Charcón (Guanajuato) is 664 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 351 | 313 | 664 |
2010 | 323 | 298 | 621 |
2005 | 282 | 236 | 518 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.5 | 10.40 |
Population coming from outside the State of Guanajuato: | 2.41% | 1.61% |
Illiterate population: | 9.04% | 10.63% |
Illiterate population (men): | 4.07% | 10.40% |
Illiterate population (women): | 4.97% | 10.84% |
Schooling level: | 6.73 | 5.61 |
Schooling level (men): | 6.32 | 5.43 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.06 | 5.78 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
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 Manuel Doblado (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 41.87% | 34.30% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.74% | 53.69% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 25.93% | 16.41% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 172 | 158 |
Homes with electricity: | 98.84% | 97.10% |
Homes with piped water: | 99.42% | 94.20% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 81.98% | 76.81% |
Homes with a radio: | 40.70% | 44.20% |
Homes with a television: | 84.30% | 86.23% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 73.26% | 63.77% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 59.30% | 39.13% |
Homes with a car: | 51.74% | 29.71% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 6.98% | 2.90% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 20.93% | 23.91% |
Homes with cell phones: | 77.91% | 34.78% |
Homes with Internet: | 16.28% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Charcón
With the satellite map of El Charcón 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 Manuel Doblado. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Charcón.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Charcón
Do you want to stay in El Charcón? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Charcón:- HOTEL LA ALAMEDA: 4 km away, direction West (3 minutes by car)
- PENSION CIUDAD MANUEL DOBLADO: 6 km away, direction West (5 minutes by car)
- HOTEL JARDÍN: 6 km away, direction West (5 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN PEDRO INN: 6 km away, direction West (5 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Charcón
Want to know what to see in El Charcón if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Charcón.Mountains in El Charcón for hiking and trails:
- Cerro La Cayetana (1740 meters): 3.7 km walk (66 minutes), heading West.
- Buenavista (1738 meters): 4.2 km walk (51 minutes), heading West.
- La Cruz (1809 meters): 5.4 km walk (66 minutes), heading West.
- El Gato (1958 meters): 9.5 km walk (162 minutes), heading South.
- Jalpa de Cánovas (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Ex Hacienda de Cañada de Negros", 33 km, heading Northwest (26 minutes by car)
- La Gloria (207 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the West (1 minutes by car)
- Colonia la Jarra (7 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the North (2 minutes by car)
- Maravillas (725 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the North (2 minutes by car)
- Santa Cruz de Maravillas (418 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the North (3 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Charcón (Guanajuato)
In El Charcón 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 Charcón, 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 |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 41 | 44 | 85 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 54 | 62 | 116 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 223 | 176 | 399 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 33 | 31 | 64 |
#7 Pictures of El Charcón
In order for you to enjoy nature around El Charcón, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument pictures of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of El Charcón, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Charcón (Guanajuato) is 36486
Are you going to send a letter to El Charcón? Do you have a friend in El Charcón and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Charcón consists of the following 5 digits: 36486. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Charcón ("36") correspond to the state code of Guanajuato, 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 Charcón as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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#10 Schools in El Charcón
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Manuel Doblado
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Manuel Doblado
- El Tesoro (5 inhabitants)
- Ex-Hacienda de Guadalupe (3 inhabitants)
- Fracción Bordo Viejo (9 inhabitants)
- La Joya Dos (- inhabitants)
- La Mesa de los Caballos (- inhabitants)
- Maravillas (725 inhabitants)
- Monte del Sitio (- inhabitants)
- Potrero del Refugio (4 inhabitants)
- Puerta de Frías (180 inhabitants)
- Rancho los Laureles (6 inhabitants)
- San Bernardo (21 inhabitants)
- San José de Saldaña (2 inhabitants)
- San Lorenzo de Aceves (8 inhabitants)
- Santa Anita (39 inhabitants)
- Saucito de Torres (73 inhabitants)