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El Retén (Chiapas)

We have collected many facts about the tiny town of El Retén, as well as photos, maps or statistics.

So you will learn about this incredible town of 8 inhabitants of Chiapas.

The place of El Retén is inside the municipality of Ocosingo (in the State of Chiapas). There are 8 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #643 of the whole municipality. El Retén is at 1,125 meters of altitude.

To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Retén is located at 3.9 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Ocosingo, 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 Retén.

#1 Where is El Retén? How to go? Map

Online map of El Retén (Chiapas) 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 Retén (Chiapas) is 8 inhabitants

Population data in El Retén (Chiapas)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020			8
2010	10	8	18
2005			7

Evolution of the population in El Retén: Total   Men   Women

According to the 2010 official census, in the town there were 8 males and 10 females. The female/male ratio is 1.250, and the fertility rate is 2.40 children per woman. Of the total population, 16.67% comes from outside the State of Chiapas. 11.11% of the population is illiterate (12.50% of men and 10.00% of women). The level of schooling is 7.92 (7.57 in men and 8.40 in women).

Indigenous culture in El Retén
38.89% of the population is indigenous, and 5.56% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 0.00% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.

Unemployment and the economy in El Retén
38.89% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (75.00% of the men, and 10.00% of the women).

Housing and infrastructure in El Retén
In El Retén there are 4 dwellings. 100.00% of the dwellings have electricity, 100.00% have piped water, 100.00% have toilet or restroom, 75.00% have a radio receiver, 100.00% a television, 25.00% a fridge, 25.00% a washing-machine, 50.00% a car or a van, 0.00% a personal computer, 0.00% a landline telephone, 100.00% mobile phone, and 0.00% Internet access.

#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 Ocosingo. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Retén.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Retén

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

• AUTO HOTEL EL CARACOL: 3 km away, direction Northeast (2 minutes by car)
• AUTO LAVADO EL PRINCEPE: 3 km away, direction Northeast (2 minutes by car)
• AUTO HOSPEDAJE EL PRINCIPE: 4 km away, direction Northeast (3 minutes by car)
• HOTEL REAL PLAZA: 5 km away, direction North (4 minutes by car)

#5 Photos of El Retén

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of El Retén? 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 Retén.
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#6 Vote for El Retén as the most beautiful town in Mexico

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