El Mercado (Michoacán)
Maps, pictures and statistics of El Mercado, a beautiful small village of 200 inhabitants of the State of Michoacán
The town of El Mercado (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Tingüindín. There are 200 inhabitants and it is 1,697 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Cotija de la Paz is 34 minutes away by car (30 km). It is the most populated town in the position #13 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Mercado, 28% of the population over 12 years is single and 5% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Mercado is located at 5.1 kilometers (in direction South) from the locality of Tingüindín, 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 Mercado.
#1 Where is El Mercado? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to El Mercado (Michoacán) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Mercado, which has the following symbol
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#2 The population of El Mercado (Michoacán) is 200 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 113 | 87 | 200 |
2010 | 87 | 77 | 164 |
2005 | 85 | 71 | 156 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.41 | 9.09 |
Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 3.50% | 3.05% |
Illiterate population: | 6.50% | 9.15% |
Illiterate population (men): | 2.50% | 9.09% |
Illiterate population (women): | 4.00% | 9.20% |
Schooling level: | 7.84 | 6.02 |
Schooling level (men): | 8.02 | 6.18 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.7 | 5.89 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 1.00% | 0.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 1.00% | 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 Tingüindín (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 36.00% | 31.71% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 64.37% | 62.34% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 14.16% | 4.60% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 61 | 83 |
Homes with electricity: | 98.36% | 96.08% |
Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 98.36% | 41.18% |
Homes with a radio: | 85.25% | 88.24% |
Homes with a television: | 91.80% | 90.20% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 93.44% | 88.24% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 90.16% | 88.24% |
Homes with a car: | 65.57% | 68.63% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 13.11% | 5.88% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 3.28% | 25.49% |
Homes with cell phones: | 75.41% | 64.71% |
Homes with Internet: | 4.92% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Mercado
With the satellite map of El Mercado 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 Tingüindín. Get free live access to satellite views of 2025 of El Mercado.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Mercado
Do you want to stay in El Mercado? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Mercado:- HOTEL MESON DE LA CALLE REAL: 8 km away, direction South (6 minutes by car)
- HOTEL CASA BLANCA: 13 km away, direction Southwest (10 minutes by car)
- HOTEL MARKEZ: 30 km away, direction North (22 minutes by car)
- HOTEL DE LOS TRIGOS: 33 km away, direction North (24 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Mercado
A weekend in El Mercado and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Mercado and surroundings to find the best destinations.Mountains in El Mercado for hiking and trails:
- Loma Los Coyotes (1816 meters): 2.6 km walk (37 minutes), heading Southeast.
- Cerro El Banquito (2202 meters): 4.1 km walk (85 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro La Cruz (1876 meters): 5.4 km walk (102 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro El Sombrero (1925 meters): 5.1 km walk (86 minutes), heading West.
- Cotija de la Paz (Michoacán de Ocampo): Don't miss "Parque El Tecolote", 34 km, heading West (30 minutes by car)
- Jiquilpan de Juárez (Michoacán de Ocampo): Don't miss "Templo del Sagrado Corazón", 50 km, heading Northwest (44 minutes by car)
- Los Laureles (414 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the North (2 minutes by car)
- San Juanico (515 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Chucandirán (136 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
- Colonia Morelos (Guaquián) (172 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Mercado (Michoacán)
In El Mercado 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 Mercado, 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 |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 13 | 6 | 19 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 20 | 16 | 36 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 66 | 51 | 117 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 14 | 14 | 28 |
#7 Pictures of El Mercado
In order for you to enjoy nature around El Mercado, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument pictures of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of El Mercado, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Mercado en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of El Mercado (Michoacán) is 59993
Are you going to send a letter to El Mercado? Do you have a friend in El Mercado and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Mercado consists of the following 5 digits: 59993. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Mercado ("59") correspond to the state code of Michoacán, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for El Mercado as the most beautiful town in Mexico
Do you like El Mercado or don't you like it very much? Now you can vote for El Mercado to let everyone know about it. Use these stars ("0" you don't like it much, "5" you like it a lot) to rate it with your opinion.
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#10 Schools in El Mercado
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Tingüindín
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Tingüindín
- Aquiles Serdán (San Ángel) (569 inhabitants)
- Barrio Alto (186 inhabitants)
- Chucandirán (136 inhabitants)
- Colonia Morelos (Guaquián) (172 inhabitants)
- El Letijio (11 inhabitants)
- El Moral (92 inhabitants)
- El Tecolote (222 inhabitants)
- Huerta Rosman (5 inhabitants)
- Las Trojes (- inhabitants)
- San Miguel (Los Ranchitos) (376 inhabitants)
- San Juanico (515 inhabitants)
- Tingüindín (7788 inhabitants)
- La Mesa de Molina (34 inhabitants)
- TingüindÃn Tres (- inhabitants)
- Tinquindiro (Estación Tingüindín-Tinguindiro) (14 inhabitants)