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El Recreo (Veracruz)

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The town of El Recreo (Veracruz) belongs to the municipality of Tenampa. There are 495 inhabitants and it is 1,083 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Coscomatepec is 47 minutes away by car (34 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #6 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Recreo, 30% of the population over 12 years is single and 27% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Recreo is located at 2.2 kilometers from Tenampa, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the North direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Recreo.

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

Online map of El Recreo (Veracruz) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.

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#2 The population of El Recreo (Veracruz) is 495 inhabitants

Population data in El Recreo (Veracruz)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	248	247	495
2010	207	225	432
2005	186	184	370

Evolution of the population in El Recreo: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Recreo:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.5	8.89
Population coming from outside the State of Veracruz:	4.44%	1.16%
Illiterate population:	9.90%	12.96%
Illiterate population (men):	3.03%	8.89%
Illiterate population (women):	6.87%	17.39%
Schooling level:	5.58	4.66
Schooling level (men):	5.76	4.60
Schooling level (women):	5.4	4.71

Indigenous culture data in El Recreo:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	0.00%	0.69%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	0.00%	0.46%
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 Recreo, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Veracruz, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Recreo:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	53.94%	37.27%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	66.40%	59.11%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	41.53%	13.53%
Number of inhabited private housings:	129	122
Homes with electricity:	93.80%	94.17%
Homes with piped water:	91.47%	59.22%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	83.72%	76.70%
Homes with a radio:	65.89%	73.79%
Homes with a television:	90.70%	87.38%
Homes with a refrigerator:	73.64%	62.14%
Homes with a washing machine:	39.53%	18.45%
Homes with a car:	37.98%	33.98%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	6.98%	1.94%
Homes with landline telephone:	20.16%	29.13%
Homes with cell phones:	72.09%	16.50%
Homes with Internet:	27.13%	0.00%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Recreo (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Veracruz, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of El Recreo

With the satellite map of El Recreo 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 Tenampa. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Recreo.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Recreo

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

• HOTEL MEDITERRANEO: 10 km away, direction Southeast (6 minutes by car)
• IMPULSORA AGROPRODUCTIVA DE CHIXTLA: 10 km away, direction Southeast (7 minutes by car)
• TEMPLO KAMASUTRA: 10 km away, direction West (8 minutes by car)
• HOTEL POSADA TOTOTLAN: 10 km away, direction West (8 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Recreo

A weekend in El Recreo and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Recreo and surroundings to find the best destinations.
Las mejores montes de El Recreo para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Cerro El Encanto (795 meters): 14.3 km walk (239 minutes), heading North.
• Cerro Cotlamanis (677 meters): 14.8 km walk (269 minutes), heading Northeast.
• Mesa Santa María (670 meters): 16.6 km walk (237 minutes), heading East.
• Cerro Acatepec (1533 meters): 17.8 km walk (288 minutes), heading Southwest.

Magical Towns to visit when in El Recreo:

• Coscomatepec (Veracruz): Don't miss "Capilla de San Diego", 47 km, heading Southwest (34 minutes by car)
• Xico (Veracruz): Don't miss "Puente de Pextlán​", 47 km, heading Northwest (39 minutes by car)
• Coatepec (Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave): Don't miss "Parque Hidalgo", 54 km, heading North (37 minutes by car)
• Córdoba (Veracruz): Don't miss "Museo del Café", 61 km, heading South (58 minutes by car)

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

• El Súchil (984 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the West (1 minutes by car)
• Santa Rita (477 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the South (2 minutes by car)
• Tenampa (29 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northwest (2 minutes by car)
• Rincón Mapache (12 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Northwest (3 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 Recreo (Veracruz)

In El Recreo 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 Recreo, 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 Recreo (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	24	26	50
Youth (6-14 years)	45	51	96
Adults (15-59 years)	152	139	291
Elderly (60+ years)	27	31	58

#7 Pictures of El Recreo

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Recreo? 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 Recreo.
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#9 Schools in El Recreo

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