El Polvorín (Guerrero)
Learn about large village of El Polvorín through its pictures, maps and population statistics.
All the information about this town of 1,554 inhabitants of the State of Guerrero
The town of El Polvorín (Guerrero) belongs to the municipality of Marquelia. There are 1,554 inhabitants and it is 42 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #2 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Polvorín, 31% of the population over 12 years is single and 18% 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 Polvorín is located at 2.0 kilometers (in direction Northeast) from the locality of Marquelia, 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 Polvorín.
#1 Where is El Polvorín? How to go? Map
Online map of El Polvorín in Guerrero, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Polvorín (Guerrero) is 1,554 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 794 | 760 | 1554 |
| 2010 | 699 | 716 | 1415 |
| 2005 | 643 | 680 | 1323 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.56 | 10.47 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Guerrero: | 4.70% | 4.52% |
| Illiterate population: | 9.07% | 11.94% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 4.05% | 10.47% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 5.02% | 13.45% |
| Schooling level: | 8.27 | 6.56 |
| Schooling level (men): | 8.2 | 6.68 |
| Schooling level (women): | 8.34 | 6.45 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 7.85% | 10.11% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 2.83% | 3.32% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.06% | 0.00% |
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| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 43.76% | 33.64% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 52.89% | 48.04% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 35.01% | 18.88% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 410 | 407 |
| Homes with electricity: | 96.83% | 96.46% |
| Homes with piped water: | 96.10% | 28.32% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 89.51% | 84.07% |
| Homes with a radio: | 45.37% | 39.82% |
| Homes with a television: | 72.20% | 80.53% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 75.12% | 71.39% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 36.59% | 30.97% |
| Homes with a car: | 23.90% | 21.53% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 11.46% | 10.32% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 14.63% | 24.19% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 60.24% | 44.84% |
| Homes with Internet: | 17.56% | 7.37% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Polvorín
With the satellite map of El Polvorín 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 Marquelia. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Polvorín.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Polvorín
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Polvorín, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Polvorín so you can contact them:- HOTEL LAS BRISAS DEL MAR: 0 km away, direction North (0 minutes by car)
- HOTEL EL MIRADOR: 1 km away, direction Northwest (0 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LAS PALMAS: 1 km away, direction Northwest (1 minutes by car)
- HOTEL MEDIA LUNA: 1 km away, direction West (1 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Polvorín
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in El Polvorín? The list of the best places to visit in El Polvorín and nearby locations.Las mejores montes de El Polvorín para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Loma La Mira (66 meters): 2.3 km walk (39 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro Las Blancas (174 meters): 12.2 km walk (228 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro Coacoyul (193 meters): 10.0 km walk (172 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro Pelon (238 meters): 13.9 km walk (185 minutes), heading North.
- Rancho la Ceiba (6 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- Rancho Albino Rosales Gatica (21 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
- Colonia el Panteón (108 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northwest (2 minutes by car)
- Rancho Chávez Heredia (Rancho el Rodeo) (7 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (2 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Polvorín (Guerrero)
In El Polvorín 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 Polvorín, 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) | 81 | 75 | 156 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 161 | 151 | 312 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 465 | 441 | 906 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 87 | 93 | 180 |
#7 Pictures of El Polvorín
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Polvorín? 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 Polvorín.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Polvorín (Guerrero) is 41930
Are you going to send a letter to El Polvorín? Do you have a friend in El Polvorín and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Polvorín consists of the following 5 digits: 41930. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Polvorín ("41") correspond to the state code of Guerrero, 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 Polvorín as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Marquelia
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Marquelia
- Colonia el Panteón (108 inhabitants)
- Cruz Verde (146 inhabitants)
- El Capulín Chocolate (591 inhabitants)
- El Polvorín (1554 inhabitants)
- El Zapote (223 inhabitants)
- Huerta Heriberto Rentería Salinas (19 inhabitants)
- Huerta Zenaido Cruz (7 inhabitants)
- La Arenilla (19 inhabitants)
- La Bocana (201 inhabitants)
- La Guadalupe (417 inhabitants)
- Las Peñitas (110 inhabitants)
- Rancho Albino Rosales Gatica (21 inhabitants)
- Rancho Chávez Heredia (Rancho el Rodeo) (7 inhabitants)
- Rancho Jorge San Juan (14 inhabitants)
- Rancho Tino Cortez (- inhabitants)