El Gavilán (San Luis Potosí)
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All the information about this town of 170 inhabitants of the State of San Luis Potosí
The town of El Gavilán (San Luis Potosí) belongs to the municipality of Cerritos. There are 170 inhabitants and it is 1,125 meters altitude. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #16 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In El Gavilán, 40% of the population over 12 years is single and 6% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
The town of El Gavilán is located at 26.6 kilometers from Cerritos, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the East direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Gavilán.
#1 Where is El Gavilán? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Gavilán (San Luis Potosí) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Gavilán, which has the following symbol 
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#2 The population of El Gavilán (San Luis Potosí) is 170 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 88 | 82 | 170 |
| 2010 | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| 2005 | 90 | 93 | 183 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.22 | 10.67 |
| Population coming from outside the State of San Luis Potosí: | 3.53% | 3.40% |
| Illiterate population: | 8.24% | 10.88% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 4.71% | 10.67% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.53% | 11.11% |
| Schooling level: | 6.97 | 5.04 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.23 | 4.82 |
| Schooling level (women): | 7.76 | 5.28 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.59% | 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 Cerritos (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 35.88% | 34.01% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.76% | 61.33% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 13.64% | 5.56% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 33 | 44 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 96.30% |
| Homes with piped water: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 0.00% | 100.00% |
| Homes with a radio: | 42.42% | 85.19% |
| Homes with a television: | 90.91% | 88.89% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 87.88% | 59.26% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 84.85% | 77.78% |
| Homes with a car: | 51.52% | 62.96% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 6.06% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 6.06% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 42.42% | 7.41% |
| Homes with Internet: | 6.06% | 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 Cerritos. 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:- HOTEL POSADA DOÑA MARIA: 42 km away, direction West (34 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LASER: 35 km away, direction West (28 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LATINO: 35 km away, direction West (30 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN ANTONIO: 38 km away, direction West (25 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:
- El Gavilán (1191 meters): 0.5 km walk (8 minutes), heading Northeast.
- El Romerito (1149 meters): 2.0 km walk (34 minutes), heading Southeast.
- El Tepetate (1266 meters): 2.9 km walk (42 minutes), heading West.
- El Escorpión (1252 meters): 4.9 km walk (67 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerros Blancos (196 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the West (9 minutes by car)
- Sartenejo (254 inhabitants): Located 9 km to the North (12 minutes by car)
- San Antonio del Toro (Cabeza del Toro) (39 inhabitants): Located 11 km to the Northwest (12 minutes by car)
- El Cuchillo (6 inhabitants): Located 13 km to the South (16 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Gavilán (San Luis Potosí)
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) | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 51 | 51 | 102 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 7 | 10 | 17 |
#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 (San Luis Potosí) is 79410
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: 79410. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Gavilán ("79") correspond to the state code of San Luis Potosí, 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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#10 Schools in El Gavilán
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Cerritos
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Cerritos
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- El Palmarito (20 inhabitants)
- El Tepozán (270 inhabitants)
- Los Pozos (17 inhabitants)
- Mezquites Grandes (155 inhabitants)
- Montaña (380 inhabitants)
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- Rancho de Banda (- inhabitants)
- Rincón de Turrubiartes (179 inhabitants)
- Rinconada (4 inhabitants)
- San Isidro de los Leones (9 inhabitants)
- Tanque Blanco (13 inhabitants)
- Tanque el Bendito (4 inhabitants)