El Fraile (Guanajuato)
We have collected many facts about the large village of El Fraile, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 579 inhabitants of Guanajuato.
The town of El Fraile (Guanajuato) belongs to the municipality of San Miguel de Allende. There are 579 inhabitants and it is 1,998 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Mineral de Pozos is 31 minutes away by car (29 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #51 of the ranking.
Data: In El Fraile, 39% of individuals have completed secondary education and 17% 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 Fraile? You can find it at 25.1 kilometers, in direction Southesast, from the town of San Miguel de Allende, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Fraile through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Fraile? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Fraile (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 Fraile, which has the following symbol 
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#2 The population of El Fraile (Guanajuato) is 579 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 296 | 283 | 579 |
| 2010 | 262 | 248 | 510 |
| 2005 | 233 | 210 | 443 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.55 | 8.87 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Guanajuato: | 5.01% | 6.67% |
| Illiterate population: | 8.12% | 10.59% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.45% | 8.87% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 4.66% | 12.21% |
| Schooling level: | 7.13 | 5.08 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.99 | 4.86 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.26 | 5.25 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 San Miguel de Allende (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 47.84% | 22.94% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 63.25% | 33.87% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 33.11% | 12.60% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 126 | 136 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 97.27% |
| Homes with piped water: | 96.03% | 97.27% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 92.86% | 74.55% |
| Homes with a radio: | 48.41% | 82.73% |
| Homes with a television: | 92.86% | 95.45% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 88.10% | 82.73% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 75.40% | 59.09% |
| Homes with a car: | 61.90% | 61.82% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 17.46% | 9.09% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 4.76% | 20.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 84.92% | 37.27% |
| Homes with Internet: | 14.29% | 1.82% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Fraile
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Fraile, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of San Miguel de Allende. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Fraile.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Fraile
Do you want to stay in El Fraile? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Fraile:- MHOTEL LA CONCHA: 17 km away, direction East (12 minutes by car)
- MOTEL LA PASADITA: 22 km away, direction East (18 minutes by car)
- HOTEL BOUTIQUE CASA DIAMANTE: 27 km away, direction Northeast (19 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LA VILLA DE POZOS: 29 km away, direction Northeast (20 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Fraile
A weekend in El Fraile and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Fraile and surroundings to find the best destinations.Mountains in El Fraile for hiking and trails:
- Loma El Castaño (2108 meters): 8.1 km walk (101 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro El Peñón (2101 meters): 10.3 km walk (128 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro del Carmen (2048 meters): 10.9 km walk (152 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro La Angelina (2377 meters): 10.7 km walk (131 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Mineral de Pozos (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Parroquía de San Pedro", 31 km, heading Northeast (29 minutes by car)
- Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nal (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores", 75 km, heading West (56 minutes by car)
- Noria de San Rafael (13 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
- San Francisco del Fraile (31 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southeast (3 minutes by car)
- Santo Niño (6 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southeast (4 minutes by car)
- San Juan (140 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Fraile (Guanajuato)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Fraile 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 Fraile there is a generational replacement.
| Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 65 | 62 | 127 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 175 | 168 | 343 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 27 | 22 | 49 |
#7 Pictures of El Fraile
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Fraile? 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 Fraile.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Fraile en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of El Fraile (Guanajuato) is 37885
Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Fraile 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: 37885. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Fraile ("37") correspond to the State of Guanajuato, 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 Fraile 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 Guanajuato, by popular vote:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Guanajuato
#10 Schools in El Fraile
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Miguel de Allende
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of San Miguel de Allende
- Don Bosco (- inhabitants)
- Dos Arroyos del Refugio (31 inhabitants)
- Elvira (229 inhabitants)
- Ex-Hacienda la Cieneguita (12 inhabitants)
- Fraccionamiento Francisco Villa (777 inhabitants)
- La Venta del Refugio (26 inhabitants)
- Loma de la Purísima (375 inhabitants)
- Los Checos (- inhabitants)
- Nigromante (1250 inhabitants)
- Rancho de Nieto (Roberta Montgomery) (- inhabitants)
- Rosa Blanca (12 inhabitants)
- San Francisco del Fraile (31 inhabitants)
- San José de Allende (925 inhabitants)
- San Rafael Chico (10 inhabitants)
- Vivienda de Abajo (445 inhabitants)