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El Encajonado (Oaxaca)

The most complete information about the small village of El Encajonado (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 21 inhabitants?

The town of El Encajonado (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec. There are 21 inhabitants and it is 60 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #110 of the whole municipality.

The Mexican census of 2020 decided to declare this community as uninhabited.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Encajonado is located at 4.7 kilometers (in direction East) from the locality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, 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 Encajonado.

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

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

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#2 The population of El Encajonado (Oaxaca) is 21 inhabitants

Population data in El Encajonado (Oaxaca)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2010	8	13	21
2005	13	28	41

Evolution of the population in El Encajonado: Total   Men   Women

According to the 2010 official census, in the town there were 13 males and 8 females. The female/male ratio is 0.615, and the birth rate is 3.25 children per woman. Of the total population, 33.33% comes from outside the State of Oaxaca. 14.29% of the population is illiterate (15.38% of men and 12.50% of women). The education level is 3.93 (2.40 in men and 7.75 in women).

Indigenous culture in El Encajonado
28.57% of the population is indigenous, and 14.29% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 0.00% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.

Unemployment and the economy in El Encajonado
47.62% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (76.92% of the men, and 0.00% of the women).

Housing and infrastructure in El Encajonado
In El Encajonado there are 11 housings. 37.50% of the housings have electricity, 12.50% have piped water, 75.00% have toilet or restroom, 50.00% have a radio receiver, 50.00% a television, 25.00% a fridge, 12.50% a washing-machine, 37.50% a car or a van, 0.00% a personal computer, 0.00% a landline telephone, 62.50% mobile phone, and 0.00% Internet access.

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#3 Satellite photo of El Encajonado

With the satellite map of El Encajonado 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 San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec. Get free live access to satellite views of 2025 of El Encajonado.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Encajonado

Many people want to stay in the town of El Encajonado 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:

• MOTEL SUITES DUBAI: 8 km away, direction West (6 minutes by car)
• HOTEL&LOUNGE LAS ISLAS: 8 km away, direction West (6 minutes by car)
• HOTEL DE HUÉSPEDES CASAZUL: 9 km away, direction West (7 minutes by car)
• CASA DE HUESPEDES MAMA LALA Y PAPA LALO: 9 km away, direction West (7 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Encajonado

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

• Flores (138 meters): 12.6 km walk (189 minutes), heading Southwest.
• Cerro Sumatra (218 meters): 16.1 km walk (312 minutes), heading Southwest.

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

• El Tepeyac (11 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the South (2 minutes by car)
• Santa Catarina (338 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
• Jimaguas (10 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northeast (2 minutes by car)
• Ignacio Zaragoza (161 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (5 minutes by car)
• San Martín las Caobas (6 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (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 Encajonado (Oaxaca)

In El Encajonado 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 Encajonado, 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.

#7 Pictures of El Encajonado

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Encajonado? 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 Encajonado.
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