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El Platanar (Durango)

Learn about small village of El Platanar through its pictures, maps and population statistics.

All the information about this town of 56 inhabitants of the State of Durango

The town of El Platanar (Durango) belongs to the municipality of Tamazula. There are 56 inhabitants and it is 841 meters altitude. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #127 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Platanar, 42% of individuals have completed secondary education and 17% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Platanar is located at 28.1 kilometers from Tamazula de Victoria, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Southesast direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Platanar.

#1 Where is El Platanar? How to go? Map

Online map of El Platanar in Durango, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on

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#2 The population of El Platanar (Durango) is 56 inhabitants

Population data in El Platanar (Durango)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	30	26	56
2010	22	30	52
2005	24	27	51

Evolution of the population in El Platanar: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Platanar:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.35	0.00
Population coming from outside the State of Durango:	58.93%	61.54%
Illiterate population:	1.79%	0.00%
Illiterate population (men):	1.79%	0.00%
Illiterate population (women):	0.00%	0.00%
Schooling level:	6.53	6.50
Schooling level (men):	6.44	6.35
Schooling level (women):	6.61	6.71

Indigenous culture data in El Platanar:

	2020	2010
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%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Platanar, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Durango, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Platanar:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	42.86%	32.69%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	69.23%	56.67%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	20.00%	0.00%
Number of inhabited private housings:	12	13
Homes with electricity:	100.00%	100.00%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	0.00%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	100.00%	100.00%
Homes with a radio:	25.00%	57.14%
Homes with a television:	100.00%	85.71%
Homes with a refrigerator:	91.67%	71.43%
Homes with a washing machine:	66.67%	57.14%
Homes with a car:	16.67%	14.29%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	16.67%	0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:	16.67%	28.57%
Homes with cell phones:	83.33%	14.29%
Homes with Internet:	100.00%	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 Durango, and with the total for the country.
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#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 Tamazula. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Platanar.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Platanar

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Platanar, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Platanar so you can contact them:

• HOTEL LA PLAZUELA: 32 km away, direction Northeast (27 minutes by car)
• HOTEL RODRIGUEZ: 31 km away, direction Northeast (21 minutes by car)
• HOTEL ALDAMA: 28 km away, direction Northeast (21 minutes by car)
• HOTEL RAMOS: 28 km away, direction Northeast (22 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Platanar

Want to know what to see in El Platanar if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Platanar.
Las mejores montes de El Platanar para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro El Pinal (Peña el Espinal) (1763 meters): 2.8 km walk (41 minutes), heading Northwest.
• Cerro Coluta (1218 meters): 4.3 km walk (74 minutes), heading Southeast.
• Cerro Carricitos (2370 meters): 9.1 km walk (182 minutes), heading Northeast.
• Cerro El Brinco (1453 meters): 9.5 km walk (127 minutes), heading Southeast.

Are you looking for charming villages in the surroundings of El Platanar?:

• El Muerto (11 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (4 minutes by car)
• El Pinal (8 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (4 minutes by car)
• Las Mesas de Coluta (27 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southwest (5 minutes by car)
• Coluta (149 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southeast (6 minutes by car)

This information is based on geographical data. Distances may vary depending on terrain, driving style or walking conditions.

#6 Population pyramid of El Platanar (Durango)

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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town El Platanar (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	6	2	8
Youth (6-14 years)	6	6	12
Adults (15-59 years)	15	17	32
Elderly (60+ years)	3	1	4

#7 Pictures of El Platanar

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures 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 pictures and others are simply panoramic pictures taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Platanar.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Platanar (Durango) is 34574

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: 34574. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Platanar ("34") correspond to the state code of Durango, 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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