El Madronal (Chiapas)
Maps, pictures and statistics of El Madronal, a beautiful large village of 712 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas
The town of El Madronal (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Amatenango del Valle. There are 712 inhabitants and it is 1,830 meters altitude. The Magical Town of San Cristobal de las Casas is 61 minutes away by car (51 km). It is the most populated town in the position #2 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Madronal, 14% of individuals have completed secondary education and 1% 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 Madronal is located at 1.5 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Amatenango del Valle, 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 Madronal.
#1 Where is El Madronal? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Madronal (Chiapas)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon 
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#2 The population of El Madronal (Chiapas) is 712 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 380 | 332 | 712 |
| 2010 | 297 | 253 | 550 |
| 2005 | 272 | 248 | 520 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.32 | 12.65 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.14% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 15.17% | 22.36% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.37% | 12.65% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 11.80% | 30.64% |
| Schooling level: | 4.9 | 3.82 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.15 | 4.90 |
| Schooling level (women): | 3.87 | 2.92 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 99.58% | 99.27% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 85.11% | 85.09% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 3.23% | 13.64% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Amatenango del Valle (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 34.41% | 42.55% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 55.72% | 56.92% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 15.79% | 30.30% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 156 | 124 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 94.92% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 97.46% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 89.74% | 83.05% |
| Homes with a radio: | 33.97% | 52.54% |
| Homes with a television: | 42.95% | 37.29% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 10.90% | 5.08% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 5.13% | 2.54% |
| Homes with a car: | 19.23% | 7.63% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 1.28% | 0.85% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.64% | 2.54% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 71.15% | 1.69% |
| Homes with Internet: | 1.28% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Madronal
With the satellite map of El Madronal 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 Amatenango del Valle. Get free live access to satellite views of 2025 of El Madronal.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Madronal
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Madronal, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Madronal so you can contact them:- AUTO HOTEL JARDIN: 6 km away, direction Northwest (4 minutes by car)
- POSADA CARRUSEL: 8 km away, direction Northwest (5 minutes by car)
- HOTEL RESTUARANT CATEDRAL DE MARIA: 7 km away, direction Northwest (5 minutes by car)
- POSADA EL AUSENTE: 6 km away, direction Northwest (5 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Madronal
A weekend in El Madronal and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Madronal and surroundings to find the best destinations.Las mejores montes de El Madronal para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- San Nicolás (1952 meters): 2.3 km walk (28 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Amahuitz (2130 meters): 2.0 km walk (32 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Cueva el Coyote (1905 meters): 2.3 km walk (33 minutes), heading Southeast.
- Cantohuitz (1935 meters): 2.9 km walk (48 minutes), heading Southeast.
- San Cristobal de las Casas (Chiapas): Don't miss "Iglesia de la Merced", 61 km, heading Northwest (51 minutes by car)
- La Gloria (18 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southeast (3 minutes by car)
- Amatenango del Valle (5920 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the North (2 minutes by car)
- La Granada (177 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the North (6 minutes by car)
- Benito Juárez (264 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Madronal (Chiapas)
In El Madronal 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 Madronal, 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) | 48 | 56 | 104 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 86 | 72 | 158 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 214 | 181 | 395 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 32 | 23 | 55 |
#7 Pictures of El Madronal
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Madronal? 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 Madronal.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Madronal (Chiapas) is 29433
Are you going to send a letter to El Madronal? Do you have a friend in El Madronal and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Madronal consists of the following 5 digits: 29433. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Madronal ("29") correspond to the state code of Chiapas, 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 Madronal
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Amatenango del Valle
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Amatenango del Valle
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- Guadalupe Porvenir (34 inhabitants)
- La Gloria (18 inhabitants)
- Nuevo Progreso (41 inhabitants)
- Rancho Alegre (36 inhabitants)
- San Carlos (38 inhabitants)
- San Fernando las Flores (2 inhabitants)
- San Isidro (- inhabitants)
- San José la Florecilla (23 inhabitants)
- San José la Reforma (189 inhabitants)
- San José Yojulún (133 inhabitants)
- San Miguel el Alto (190 inhabitants)
- San Vicente la Piedra (386 inhabitants)
- Santa Rosa Tzajala (- inhabitants)
- Tulanca (150 inhabitants)