El Gavilán (Oaxaca)
The most complete information about the small village of El Gavilán (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 12 inhabitants?
The town of El Gavilán (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of Santa María Tonameca. There are 12 inhabitants and it is 649 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Mazunte is 66 minutes away by car (52 km). It is the most populated town in the position #97 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Gavilán, 0% 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.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Gavilán is located at 23.8 kilometers (in direction Southwest) from the locality of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Santa María Tonameca) it is at 7.5 kilometers in direction South. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Gavilán.
#1 Where is El Gavilán? How to go? Map
Online map of El Gavilán in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Gavilán (Oaxaca) is 12 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2005 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 1 | 25.00 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 41.67% | 23.53% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 33.33% | 25.00% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 8.33% | 22.22% |
| Schooling level: | 2.13 | 2.75 |
| Schooling level (men): | 1.5 | 2.40 |
| Schooling level (women): | 4 | 3.33 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 91.67% | 64.71% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 16.67% | 5.88% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Santa María Tonameca (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 50.00% | 29.41% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 85.71% | 62.50% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 5 | 8 |
| Homes with electricity: | 60.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 0.00% | 40.00% |
| Homes with a radio: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a television: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 0.00% | 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: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Gavilán
With the satellite map of El Gavilán 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 Santa María Tonameca. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Gavilán.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Gavilán
Do you want to stay in El Gavilán? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Gavilán:- MOTEL EXPRESS: 13 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
- SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA EL SANTUARIO DE LA TORTUGA ESCOBIL: 28 km away, direction South (21 minutes by car)
- EL SANTUARIO: 29 km away, direction South (20 minutes by car)
- HOTEL AMBARINA: 28 km away, direction Southwest (21 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Gavilán
A weekend in El Gavilán and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Gavilán and surroundings to find the best destinations.Las mejores montes de El Gavilán para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro Gavilán (908 meters): 1.4 km walk (24 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Gachupín (1220 meters): 7.1 km walk (115 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro San Antonio (791 meters): 8.0 km walk (149 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Grande (446 meters): 11.2 km walk (137 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Mazunte (Oaxaca): Don't miss "Playa Bermejita", 66 km, heading Southeast (52 minutes by car)
- Yonguina (103 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (4 minutes by car)
- El Tamarindo (41 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (3 minutes by car)
- Lindavista (34 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southwest (5 minutes by car)
- Pueblo Viejo (273 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Southwest (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Gavilán (Oaxaca)
In El Gavilán 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 Gavilán, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
#7 Pictures of El Gavilán
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Gavilán? 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 Gavilán.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Gavilán (Oaxaca) is 70945
Are you going to send a letter to El Gavilán? Do you have a friend in El Gavilán and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Gavilán consists of the following 5 digits: 70945. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Gavilán ("70") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
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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 Oaxaca, by popular vote:
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Santa María Tonameca
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- San Antonio (813 inhabitants)
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- Yonguina (103 inhabitants)