El Platanar (Cacahoatán, Chiapas)

Maps, photos and statistics of El Platanar, a beautiful large village of 677 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas

The town of El Platanar is located in the Municipality of Cacahoatán (in the State of Chiapas). There are 677 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #12 of the ranking. El Platanar is at 1,284 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Platanar, 35% of the population over 12 years is single and 5% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of El Platanar? You can find it at 10.5 kilometers, in direction South, from the town of Cacahoatán, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the El Platanar location through satellite images, at the bottom of our webpage you have an interactive map.

#1 Where is El Platanar? How to get there? Map

What is the route to get to El Platanar (Chiapas)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon Map marker

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#2 The population of El Platanar (Chiapas) is 677 inhabitants

Population data in El Platanar (Cacahoatán, Chiapas)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020327350677
2010393354747
2005364329693
Evolution of the population in El Platanar: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Platanar:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.153.39
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas:0.15%0.27%
Illiterate population:5.91%6.43%
Illiterate population (men):1.33%3.39%
Illiterate population (women):4.58%9.16%
Schooling level:6.925.32
Schooling level (men):6.875.57
Schooling level (women):6.975.10
Indigenous culture data in El Platanar:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:9.60%8.03%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:3.69%2.28%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Platanar, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Chiapas, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Platanar:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:71.94%21.15%
Employed population over 12 years (men):69.14%43.79%
Employed population over 12 years (women):74.92%0.76%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:151241
Homes with electricity:100.00%99.36%
Housing with piped water:100.00%93.63%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:98.68%98.73%
Dwellings with radio:64.24%68.15%
Housing with television:82.12%71.34%
Housing with refrigerator:62.91%38.22%
Housing with washing machine:23.84%7.01%
Housing with automobile:7.28%14.01%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:1.99%1.91%
Homes with landline telephone:4.64%12.74%
Dwellings with cellular phones:83.44%40.13%
Homes with Internet:5.30%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Platanar (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Chiapas, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Platanar

With the satellite map of El Platanar 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 Cacahoatán. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Platanar.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Platanar

Do you want to stay in El Platanar? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Platanar:

#5 Population pyramid of El Platanar (Chiapas)

In El Platanar 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 Platanar, 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.

Population pyramid of El Platanar
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Platanar (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)324981
Youth (6-14 years)5666122
Adults (15-59 years)196187383
Elderly (60+ years)434891

#6 Photos of El Platanar

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Platanar? 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 photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Platanar.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Platanar (Chiapas) is 30894

Are you going to send a letter to El Platanar? Do you have a friend in El Platanar and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Platanar consists of the following 5 digits: 30894. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Platanar ("30") 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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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Cacahoatán

  1. Benito Juárez Montecristo (216 inhabitants)
  2. El Carmen (806 inhabitants)
  3. El Pastizal (34 inhabitants)
  4. El Porvenir (42 inhabitants)
  5. Guatimoc (972 inhabitants)
  6. Icul (Plan Chiapas) (42 inhabitants)
  7. La Ceiba (158 inhabitants)
  8. La Laguna (34 inhabitants)
  9. Montebello (30 inhabitants)
  10. Palmira (7 inhabitants)
  11. Cantón Piedra Parada (245 inhabitants)
  12. San Alberto (9 inhabitants)
  13. San José las Flores (4 inhabitants)
  14. Toquián y las Nubes (521 inhabitants)
  15. Unión Roja (2102 inhabitants)