El Gigante (Michoacán)
Maps, pictures and statistics of El Gigante, a beautiful large village of 789 inhabitants of the State of Michoacán
The town of El Gigante (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Maravatío. There are 789 inhabitants and it is 1,979 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Tlalpujahua is 70 minutes away by car (50 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #13 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In El Gigante, 26% of individuals have completed secondary education and 10% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
The town of El Gigante is located at 8.7 kilometers from Maravatío de Ocampo, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the South direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Gigante.
#1 Where is El Gigante? How to go? Map
Online map of El Gigante (Michoacán) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.
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#2 The population of El Gigante (Michoacán) is 789 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 403 | 386 | 789 |
| 2010 | 371 | 338 | 709 |
| 2005 | 357 | 330 | 687 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.72 | 8.88 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 12.93% | 15.66% |
| Illiterate population: | 6.46% | 8.18% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.42% | 8.88% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.04% | 7.55% |
| Schooling level: | 6.57 | 5.51 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.27 | 4.93 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.85 | 5.99 |
| 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 Maravatío (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 48.54% | 33.43% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 66.06% | 59.47% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 31.76% | 9.70% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 221 | 217 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.55% | 99.40% |
| Homes with piped water: | 98.64% | 98.19% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 96.38% | 95.18% |
| Homes with a radio: | 58.82% | 68.67% |
| Homes with a television: | 91.86% | 92.77% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 90.50% | 81.33% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 57.47% | 40.96% |
| Homes with a car: | 41.18% | 37.35% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 9.50% | 5.42% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 4.52% | 0.60% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 84.16% | 57.23% |
| Homes with Internet: | 3.17% | 0.60% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Gigante
With the satellite map of El Gigante 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 Maravatío. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Gigante.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Gigante
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Gigante, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Gigante so you can contact them:- AUTO HOTEL MONARES: 11 km away, direction South (7 minutes by car)
- HOTEL VELSER: 10 km away, direction South (8 minutes by car)
- AUTO HOTEL ESMERALDA INN: 10 km away, direction South (7 minutes by car)
- HOTEL EL VELSER: 13 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Gigante
Want to know what to see in El Gigante if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Gigante.Las mejores montes de El Gigante para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Loma La Loma (2084 meters): 4.6 km walk (67 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Las Palmas (2376 meters): 5.8 km walk (91 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Punta Amarilla (2105 meters): 6.2 km walk (113 minutes), heading Southwest.
- El Gallo (2296 meters): 5.2 km walk (70 minutes), heading East.
- Tlalpujahua (Michoacán): Don't miss "Mina Las Dos Estrellas", 70 km, heading Southeast (50 minutes by car)
- El Oro de Hidalgo (México): Don't miss "Palacio Municipal", 63 km, heading Southeast (54 minutes by car)
- Amealco de Bonfil (Querétaro): Don't miss "Cascada La Piedad", 71 km, heading Northeast (52 minutes by car)
- El Gigantito (270 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southeast (1 minutes by car)
- Tziritzícuaro (Nativitas) (1743 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Rancho San Lorenzo (194 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southeast (5 minutes by car)
- Colonia Guadalupe (396 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the East (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Gigante (Michoacán)
In El Gigante 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 Gigante, 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) | 47 | 41 | 88 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 64 | 69 | 133 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 247 | 229 | 476 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 45 | 47 | 92 |
#7 Pictures of El Gigante
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Gigante? 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 Gigante.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Gigante (Michoacán) is 61262
Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Gigante 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: 61262. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Gigante ("61") correspond to the State of Michoacán, 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.
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#10 Schools in El Gigante
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Maravatío
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Maravatío
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- Los Olivos (214 inhabitants)
- Santa Elena (2313 inhabitants)
- Santiago Puriatzícuaro (4005 inhabitants)
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- Tupátaro (- inhabitants)