El Potrero (Hidalgo)
The most complete information about the medium-sized town of El Potrero (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Hidalgo has 229 inhabitants?
The town of El Potrero (Hidalgo) belongs to the municipality of San Felipe Orizatlán. There are 229 inhabitants and it is 304 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Xilitla is 56 minutes away by car (49 km). It is the most populated town in the position #32 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Potrero, 38% of individuals have completed secondary education and 5% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Potrero is located at 18.2 kilometers (in direction South) from the locality of Orizatlán (Cab.), 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 Potrero.
#1 Where is El Potrero? How to go? Map
Online map of El Potrero in Hidalgo, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Potrero (Hidalgo) is 229 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 108 | 121 | 229 |
| 2010 | 132 | 144 | 276 |
| 2005 | 149 | 159 | 308 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 4.75 | 5.56 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Hidalgo: | 27.51% | 12.68% |
| Illiterate population: | 10.48% | 11.96% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 3.93% | 5.56% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 6.55% | 18.94% |
| Schooling level: | 6.47 | 5.15 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.25 | 5.34 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.7 | 4.96 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 31.44% | 34.06% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 13.97% | 17.75% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.72% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of San Felipe Orizatlán (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 56.33% | 30.80% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 75.21% | 57.64% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 35.19% | 1.52% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 73 | 94 |
| Homes with electricity: | 98.63% | 98.75% |
| Homes with piped water: | 89.04% | 98.75% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 86.30% | 98.75% |
| Homes with a radio: | 76.71% | 91.25% |
| Homes with a television: | 91.78% | 85.00% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 89.04% | 63.75% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 13.70% | 17.50% |
| Homes with a car: | 8.22% | 3.75% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 5.48% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 24.66% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 54.79% | 21.25% |
| Homes with Internet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Potrero
With the satellite map of El Potrero 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 San Felipe Orizatlán. Get free live access to satellite views of 2025 of El Potrero.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Potrero
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Potrero, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Potrero so you can contact them:- POSADAS & SUITES: 17 km away, direction Southwest (14 minutes by car)
- DEPARTAMENTOS EN RENTA TAMAZUNCHALE: 18 km away, direction Southwest (13 minutes by car)
- SUITES TAMAZUNCHALE: 20 km away, direction Southwest (14 minutes by car)
- SERVICIO DE HOSPEDAJE Y BAÑOS PÚBLICOS: 20 km away, direction South (14 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Potrero
Want to know what to see in El Potrero if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Potrero.Las mejores montes de El Potrero para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro Gordo (276 meters): 5.0 km walk (97 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro Campanario (291 meters): 4.7 km walk (95 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro Citlatepepane (306 meters): 8.2 km walk (126 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro Huexco (318 meters): 9.5 km walk (123 minutes), heading West.
- Xilitla (San Luis Potosí): Don't miss "Las Pozas", 56 km, heading West (49 minutes by car)
- Monte Grande (202 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
- El Zapotal (El Tigre) (6 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the West (3 minutes by car)
- Ejido la Puerta (227 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Chupadero la Puerta (11 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southwest (4 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Potrero (Hidalgo)
In El Potrero 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 Potrero, 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) | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 53 | 54 | 107 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 43 | 42 | 85 |
#7 Pictures of El Potrero
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Potrero? 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 Potrero.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Potrero (Hidalgo) is 43031
Are you going to send a letter to El Potrero? Do you have a friend in El Potrero and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Potrero consists of the following 5 digits: 43031. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Potrero ("43") correspond to the state code of Hidalgo, 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 Potrero
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Felipe Orizatlán
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of San Felipe Orizatlán
- Coaxocotitla II (73 inhabitants)
- El Chalahuite (- inhabitants)
- El Potrero (229 inhabitants)
- Fraccionamiento Nuevo Orizatlán (Magisterial) (532 inhabitants)
- Huitzilinguito (133 inhabitants)
- La Cruz (122 inhabitants)
- Las Piedras (Micrópolis Ecológica las Piedras) (799 inhabitants)
- Los Jobos (111 inhabitants)
- San Felipe Orizatlán (Cab.) (7037 inhabitants)
- San José (2 inhabitants)
- Talol (1172 inhabitants)
- Tantoyuquita (49 inhabitants)
- Tzapoyo I (154 inhabitants)
- Valle Verde (471 inhabitants)
- Zapotitla (83 inhabitants)