El Retén (Xilitla, San Luis Potosí)

Learn about small village of El Retén through its photos, maps and population statistics.

All the information about this town of 181 inhabitants of the State of San Luis Potosí

The place of El Retén is inside the municipality of Xilitla (in the State of San Luis Potosí). There are 181 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #67 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Retén is at 1,551 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Retén, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 0% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Retén is located at 15.3 kilometers from Xilitla, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Northwest direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Retén.

#1 Where is El Retén? How to go? Map

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

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#2 The population of El Retén (San Luis Potosí) is 181 inhabitants

Population data in El Retén (Xilitla, San Luis Potosí)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20208893181
2010106110216
20059584179
Evolution of the population in El Retén: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Retén:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.2417.27
Population coming from outside the State of San Luis Potosí:45.30%38.43%
Illiterate population:17.68%13.89%
Illiterate population (men):10.50%17.27%
Illiterate population (women):7.18%10.38%
Schooling level:6.615.54
Schooling level (men):5.874.94
Schooling level (women):7.276.14
Indigenous culture data in El Retén:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:2.21%0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.55%0.00%
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 Retén, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of San Luis Potosí, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Retén:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:27.07%29.17%
Employed population over 12 years (men):40.86%52.73%
Employed population over 12 years (women):12.50%4.72%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:5068
Homes with electricity:98.00%92.98%
Housing with piped water:2.00%1.75%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:30.00%98.25%
Dwellings with radio:50.00%71.93%
Housing with television:74.00%64.91%
Housing with refrigerator:82.00%47.37%
Housing with washing machine:58.00%31.58%
Housing with automobile:24.00%10.53%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:6.00%3.51%
Homes with landline telephone:4.00%1.75%
Dwellings with cellular phones:42.00%0.00%
Homes with Internet:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Retén (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of San Luis Potosí, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Retén

With the satellite map of El Retén 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 Xilitla. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Retén.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Retén

Do you want to stay in El Retén? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Retén:

#5 Population pyramid of El Retén (San Luis Potosí)

In El Retén 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 Retén, 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.

Population pyramid of El Retén
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Retén (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)71118
Youth (6-14 years)142236
Adults (15-59 years)5646102
Elderly (60+ years)111425

#6 Photos of El Retén

In order for you to enjoy nature around El Retén, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of El Retén, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.

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#7 The Postal Code of El Retén (San Luis Potosí) is 79924

Are you going to send a letter to El Retén? Do you have a friend in El Retén and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Retén consists of the following 5 digits: 79924. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Retén ("79") correspond to the state code of San Luis Potosí, 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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