El Ocote (Oaxaca)
Maps, pictures and statistics of El Ocote, a beautiful medium-sized town of 264 inhabitants of the State of Oaxaca
The town of El Ocote (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of San Juan Lachao. There are 264 inhabitants and it is 1,261 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Santa Catarina Juquila is 35 minutes away by car (25 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #4 of the ranking.
Data: In El Ocote, there is a percentage of 100% of indigenous population and 63% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on El Ocote? They are at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Ocote? You can find it at 3.7 kilometers, in direction Southwest, from the town of San Juan Lachao, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of El Ocote through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Ocote? How to go? Map
How to get to the town of El Ocote in Oaxaca? Using this map, use the controls to zoom in and out on the village and others in the vicinity to see the direct route, and to be able to plan, for example, hiking activities in El Ocote.
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#2 The population of El Ocote (Oaxaca) is 264 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 136 | 128 | 264 |
2010 | 134 | 131 | 265 |
2005 | 97 | 94 | 191 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.2 | 7.63 |
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.00% | 0.75% |
Illiterate population: | 10.98% | 10.94% |
Illiterate population (men): | 3.03% | 7.63% |
Illiterate population (women): | 7.95% | 14.18% |
Schooling level: | 5.44 | 4.78 |
Schooling level (men): | 5.98 | 5.13 |
Schooling level (women): | 4.99 | 4.50 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 100.00% | 96.60% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 66.29% | 70.94% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.76% | 6.04% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of San Juan Lachao (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 25.00% | 24.15% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 44.53% | 40.46% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 6.62% | 8.21% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 54 | 49 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 91.49% |
Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 53.19% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 38.89% | 97.87% |
Homes with a radio: | 59.26% | 53.19% |
Homes with a television: | 70.37% | 72.34% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 59.26% | 34.04% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 18.52% | 10.64% |
Homes with a car: | 22.22% | 14.89% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 16.67% | 10.64% |
Homes with cell phones: | 62.96% | 23.40% |
Homes with Internet: | 11.11% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Ocote
With the satellite map of El Ocote 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 San Juan Lachao. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Ocote.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Ocote
Do you want to stay in El Ocote? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Ocote:- CASA DE HUESPEDES JUANITA: 11 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
- HOTEL MI SOL: 12 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
- HOTEL EL INDIO: 12 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PALACIO CHATINO: 13 km away, direction South (9 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Ocote
A weekend in El Ocote and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Ocote and surroundings to find the best destinations.Las mejores montes de El Ocote para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro El Aire (954 meters): 2.7 km walk (34 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro Verde (2293 meters): 6.7 km walk (109 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro Oreja de Ratón (969 meters): 6.7 km walk (89 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Sangre (2308 meters): 7.6 km walk (109 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Santa Catarina Juquila (Oaxaca): Don't miss "Cascada Chorro Conejo", 35 km, heading West (25 minutes by car)
- Santa Cruz (Rancho Escondido) (47 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southwest (1 minutes by car)
- Santa Catarina (39 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the North (1 minutes by car)
- La Esperanza (80 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the East (1 minutes by car)
- Piedra de Letra (7 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northwest (2 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Ocote (Oaxaca)
In El Ocote 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 Ocote, 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) | 29 | 23 | 52 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 29 | 41 | 70 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 72 | 60 | 132 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
#7 Pictures of El Ocote
In order for you to enjoy nature around El Ocote, 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 Ocote, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Ocote (Oaxaca) is 71943
Are you going to send a letter to El Ocote? Do you have a friend in El Ocote and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Ocote consists of the following 5 digits: 71943. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Ocote ("71") 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.
#9 Vote for El Ocote as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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#10 Schools in El Ocote
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Juan Lachao
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of San Juan Lachao
- Armenia (88 inhabitants)
- Guadalupe (16 inhabitants)
- La Asunción (46 inhabitants)
- La Ciénega (113 inhabitants)
- La Esperanza (80 inhabitants)
- La Reforma (61 inhabitants)
- Piedra de Letra (7 inhabitants)
- Portillo Limón (6 inhabitants)
- San José Costa Rica (15 inhabitants)
- San Juan Lachao (1402 inhabitants)
- San Martín (53 inhabitants)
- Santa Cruz (Rancho Escondido) (47 inhabitants)
- Santa Fe (17 inhabitants)
- Santa Lucía Tierra Blanca (163 inhabitants)
- Santa Rosa de Lima (352 inhabitants)