El Palmar (Tamaulipas)
We have collected many facts about the small village of El Palmar, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 162 inhabitants of Tamaulipas.
The town of El Palmar (Tamaulipas) belongs to the municipality of San Nicolás. There are 162 inhabitants and it is 585 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #2 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Palmar, 93% of the inhabitants are catholic and 68% of the housings are equipped with a washing machine. At the bottom of this page you will find more information.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Palmar is located at 73.0 kilometers (in direction West) from the locality of Flechadores, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (San Nicolás) it is at 29.7 kilometers in direction Southwest. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Palmar.
#1 Where is El Palmar? How to go? Map
Online map of El Palmar in Tamaulipas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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#2 The population of El Palmar (Tamaulipas) is 162 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 70 | 92 | 162 |
2010 | 104 | 103 | 207 |
2005 | 112 | 94 | 206 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.05 | 6.80 |
Population coming from outside the State of Tamaulipas: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Illiterate population: | 4.32% | 5.31% |
Illiterate population (men): | 2.47% | 6.80% |
Illiterate population (women): | 1.85% | 3.85% |
Schooling level: | 7.12 | 5.66 |
Schooling level (men): | 6.91 | 5.28 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.34 | 6.03 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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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 San Nicolás (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 16.67% | 17.39% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 27.17% | 32.04% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 2.86% | 2.88% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 53 | 64 |
Homes with electricity: | 96.23% | 96.15% |
Homes with piped water: | 54.72% | 34.62% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 20.75% | 92.31% |
Homes with a radio: | 24.53% | 38.46% |
Homes with a television: | 81.13% | 73.08% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 73.58% | 63.46% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 67.92% | 53.85% |
Homes with a car: | 56.60% | 53.85% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 1.89% | 0.00% |
Homes with cell phones: | 20.75% | 1.92% |
Homes with Internet: | 1.89% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Palmar
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Palmar, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of San Nicolás. You can search free satellite map (2025) of El Palmar.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Palmar
Do you want to stay in El Palmar? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Palmar:- HOTEL RIOS: 35 km away, direction North (25 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SALINAS: 42 km away, direction North (33 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LOS ÁNGELES: 42 km away, direction North (29 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LOS 2 REYES: 111 km away, direction Southeast (75 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Palmar
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in El Palmar? The list of the best places to visit in El Palmar and nearby locations.Mountains in El Palmar for hiking and trails:
- Cerro Del Carrizo (859 meters): 5.7 km walk (97 minutes), heading South.
- Loma Verde (826 meters): 13.5 km walk (246 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro El Cernoso (576 meters): 11.0 km walk (161 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Jatero (1054 meters): 12.1 km walk (169 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Agua Zarca (7 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (3 minutes by car)
- Las Virgenes (Las Norias) (106 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (5 minutes by car)
- Las Vírgenes (Moctezuma) (101 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the West (5 minutes by car)
- Las Vírgenes (Corta Caminos) (22 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the Northwest (9 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Palmar (Tamaulipas)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Palmar by age and gender, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Palmar there is a generational replacement.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 3 | 11 | 14 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 46 | 55 | 101 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 15 | 14 | 29 |
#7 Pictures of El Palmar
In order for you to enjoy nature around El Palmar, 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 Palmar, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Palmar en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of El Palmar (Tamaulipas) is 87666
Are you going to send a letter to El Palmar? Do you have a friend in El Palmar and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Palmar consists of the following 5 digits: 87666. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Palmar ("87") correspond to the state code of Tamaulipas, 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 Palmar
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Nicolás
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of San Nicolás
- Agua Zarca (7 inhabitants)
- Carricitos (18 inhabitants)
- El Lantrisco (2 inhabitants)
- El Palmar (162 inhabitants)
- El Ranchito (La Trinidad) (5 inhabitants)
- Flechadores (347 inhabitants)
- La Mangana (- inhabitants)
- La Soledad (- inhabitants)
- Las Ánimas (14 inhabitants)
- Las Vírgenes (Corta Caminos) (22 inhabitants)
- Las Vírgenes (Moctezuma) (101 inhabitants)
- Las Vírgenes (San José) (- inhabitants)
- Las Vírgenes (Las Norias) (106 inhabitants)
- San Nicolás (84 inhabitants)
- Tres de Abril (7 inhabitants)