El Paraíso (Chiapas)
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So you will learn about this incredible town of 279 inhabitants of Chiapas.
The town of El Paraíso (Chiapas) belongs to the municipality of Chilón. There are 279 inhabitants and it is 455 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Palenque is 61 minutes away by car (61 km). It is the most populated town in the position #129 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Paraíso, 46% of the population over 12 years is single and 0% 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 Paraíso is located at 21.5 kilometers (in direction Southesast) from the locality of Chilón, 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 Paraíso.
#1 Where is El Paraíso? How to go? Map
Online map of El Paraíso in Chiapas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Paraíso (Chiapas) is 279 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 142 | 137 | 279 |
| 2010 | 102 | 109 | 211 |
| 2005 | 80 | 79 | 159 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.56 | 11.01 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Illiterate population: | 15.41% | 15.64% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 6.09% | 11.01% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 9.32% | 20.59% |
| Schooling level: | 6.07 | 4.99 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.9 | 6.10 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.27 | 3.73 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 89.61% | 84.36% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 32.26% | 38.86% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Chilón (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 65.95% | 22.27% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 65.69% | 43.12% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 66.20% | 0.00% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 54 | 41 |
| Homes with electricity: | 75.93% | 63.16% |
| Homes with piped water: | 42.59% | 13.16% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 25.93% | 94.74% |
| Homes with a radio: | 11.11% | 50.00% |
| Homes with a television: | 24.07% | 23.68% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 11.11% | 10.53% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a car: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 5.56% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Paraíso
With the satellite map of El Paraíso 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 Chilón. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Paraíso.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Paraíso
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Paraíso, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Paraíso so you can contact them:- HOTEL POSADA LA PASADITA: 10 km away, direction North (8 minutes by car)
- HOSPEDAJE BACHAJÓN: 31 km away, direction Southwest (22 minutes by car)
- HOSPEDAJE MORENO: 28 km away, direction Southwest (21 minutes by car)
- HOTEL MUKULUM: 33 km away, direction Southwest (26 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Paraíso
Want to know what to see in El Paraíso if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Paraíso.Las mejores montes de El Paraíso para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro Batohcal (758 meters): 4.9 km walk (63 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Vapaxi (818 meters): 4.4 km walk (80 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro Nuevo Jerusalen (988 meters): 8.2 km walk (105 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Bapuhs (967 meters): 9.0 km walk (117 minutes), heading East.
- Palenque (Chiapas): Don't miss "Centro de Palenque", 61 km, heading North (61 minutes by car)
- Mobalté (69 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- Yetal Mobalte (44 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- Yoc-Sac'jún (259 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
- Sasamtic (81 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northwest (3 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Paraíso (Chiapas)
In El Paraíso 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 Paraíso, 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) | 20 | 15 | 35 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 41 | 44 | 85 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 78 | 70 | 148 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 3 | 8 | 11 |
#7 Pictures of El Paraíso
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Paraíso? 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 Paraíso.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Paraíso (Chiapas) is 29949
Are you going to send a letter to El Paraíso? Do you have a friend in El Paraíso and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Paraíso consists of the following 5 digits: 29949. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Paraíso ("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.
#9 Vote for El Paraíso as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Chiapas, by popular vote:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Chiapas
#10 Schools in El Paraíso
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Chilón
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