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El Refugio (Mezquital, Durango)

We have collected many facts about the small village of El Refugio, as well as photos, maps or statistics.

So you will learn about this incredible town of 45 inhabitants of Durango.

The place of El Refugio is inside the municipality of Mezquital (in the State of Durango). There are 45 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #84 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Refugio is at 1,452 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Refugio, 38% of the population over 12 years is single and 8% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Refugio is located at 11.3 kilometers from San Francisco del Mezquital, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the South direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Refugio.

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

Map to know how to get to El Refugio (Durango) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Refugio, which has the following symbol

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#2 The population of El Refugio (Durango) is 45 inhabitants

Population data in El Refugio (Mezquital, Durango)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	26	19	45
2010	44	39	83
2005	46	47	93

Evolution of the population in El Refugio: Total   Men   Women Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of El Refugio, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Durango, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Mezquital (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Refugio (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Durango, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Refugio

With the satellite map of El Refugio 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 Mezquital. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Refugio.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Refugio

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

• HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO DEL MEZQUITAL: 14 km away, direction South (11 minutes by car)
• HOTEL EN SAN FRANCISCO DEL MEZQUITAL: 14 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
• HOTEL PRINCIPAL: 15 km away, direction South (11 minutes by car)
• POSADA HUICOT: 17 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)

#5 Population pyramid of El Refugio (Durango)

In El Refugio 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 Refugio, 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 Refugio (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	4	0	4
Youth (6-14 years)	9	3	12
Adults (15-59 years)	9	12	21
Elderly (60+ years)	4	4	8

#6 Photos of El Refugio

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Refugio? 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 photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like El Refugio.
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#7 The Postal Code of El Refugio (Durango) is 34973

Are you going to send a letter to El Refugio? Do you have a friend in El Refugio and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Refugio consists of the following 5 digits: 34973. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Refugio ("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.

#8 Vote for El Refugio as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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- The best towns in Mexico
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#10 Schools in El Refugio

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