El Potrero de Ostula
The most complete information about the small village of El Potrero de Ostula (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Michoacán has 132 inhabitants?
The town of El Potrero de Ostula belongs to the municipality of Aquila (State of Michoacán). There are 132 inhabitants and it is 508 meters altitude. It is the most populated town in the position #33 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Potrero de Ostula, there is a percentage of 92% of indigenous population and 39% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on El Potrero de Ostula? They are at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Potrero de Ostula is located at 13.5 kilometers (in direction Northeast) from the locality of Aquila, 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 de Ostula.
#1 Where is El Potrero de Ostula? How to go? Map
How to get to the town of El Potrero de Ostula in Michoacán? Using this map, use the controls to zoom in and out on the village and others in the vicinity to see the direct route, and to be able to plan, for example, hiking activities in El Potrero de Ostula.
Find out the most popular and common surnames in the Michoacán State
#2 The population of El Potrero de Ostula (Michoacán) is 132 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 65 | 67 | 132 |
| 2010 | 77 | 60 | 137 |
| 2005 | 64 | 66 | 130 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.38 | 1.67 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 6.82% | 0.73% |
| Illiterate population: | 6.82% | 4.38% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.27% | 1.67% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 4.55% | 6.49% |
| Schooling level: | 5.63 | 5.74 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.22 | 5.95 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.02 | 5.57 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 92.42% | 93.43% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 72.73% | 72.99% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Aquila (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 32.58% | 30.66% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 58.21% | 68.33% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 6.15% | 1.30% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 28 | 25 |
| Homes with electricity: | 96.43% | 68.18% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 36.36% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 82.14% | 90.91% |
| Homes with a radio: | 75.00% | 68.18% |
| Homes with a television: | 17.86% | 9.09% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 42.86% | 45.45% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 3.57% | 0.00% |
| Homes with a car: | 25.00% | 13.64% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 39.29% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 10.71% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Potrero de Ostula
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Potrero de Ostula, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Aquila. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Potrero de Ostula.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Potrero de Ostula
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Potrero de Ostula, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Potrero de Ostula so you can contact them:- HOTEL NUEVO AMANECER: 19 km away, direction Northwest (14 minutes by car)
- PARADOR TURISTICO LA TICLA: 22 km away, direction Southwest (16 minutes by car)
- CENTRO ECOTURISTICO DE IXTAPILLA S.C. DE RL DE C.V.: 23 km away, direction Southwest (15 minutes by car)
- CABAÑAS TURISTICAS LA PALMA SOLA: 30 km away, direction Southwest (24 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Potrero de Ostula
Want to know what to see in El Potrero de Ostula if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Potrero de Ostula.Las mejores montes de El Potrero de Ostula para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro La Platanillera (802 meters): 2.0 km walk (38 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro El Costeño (1183 meters): 3.4 km walk (48 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Coyul (712 meters): 4.6 km walk (93 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Santas Marias (348 meters): 6.9 km walk (114 minutes), heading North.
- El Achote (31 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the East (1 minutes by car)
- El Telarcito (10 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- El Garrote (22 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
- La Cuchara (121 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the North (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Potrero de Ostula (Michoacán)
In El Potrero de Ostula 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 de Ostula, 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) | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 38 | 36 | 74 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 7 | 10 | 17 |
#7 Pictures of El Potrero de Ostula
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Potrero de Ostula? 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 de Ostula.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Potrero de Ostula en este enlace
#8 Vote for El Potrero de Ostula as the most beautiful town in Mexico
Do you like El Potrero de Ostula or don't you like it very much? Now you can vote for El Potrero de Ostula to let everyone know about it. Use these stars ("0" you don't like it much, "5" you like it a lot) to rate it with your opinion.
In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Michoacán, by popular vote:
- The best towns in Mexico
- The most beautiful towns in Michoacán
#9 Schools in El Potrero de Ostula
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Aquila
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Aquila
- Agua de la Higuera (- inhabitants)
- Cachán de Echeverría (588 inhabitants)
- El Faro de Bucerías (518 inhabitants)
- El Higuerillo (3 inhabitants)
- El Tzumbano (3 inhabitants)
- La Barranca del Chico (1 inhabitants)
- La Majada (La Majadita) (41 inhabitants)
- Los Cuires (21 inhabitants)
- Mamey del Río (3 inhabitants)
- Maruata Viejo (27 inhabitants)
- Paso del Naranjo (9 inhabitants)
- Rancho de Miguel Mejía (- inhabitants)
- Rosa Morada (4 inhabitants)
- Tabachines (2 inhabitants)
- Tierras Blancas (- inhabitants)