El Salitre (Hidalgo)
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So you will learn about this incredible town of 420 inhabitants of Hidalgo.
The town of El Salitre (Hidalgo) belongs to the municipality of Tlahuelilpan. There are 420 inhabitants and it is 2,041 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez is 79 minutes away by car (59 km). It is the most populated town in the position #5 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Salitre, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 22% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Salitre is located at 0.6 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Tlahuelilpan, 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 Salitre.
#1 Where is El Salitre? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Salitre (Hidalgo)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon 
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#2 The population of El Salitre (Hidalgo) is 420 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 194 | 226 | 420 |
| 2010 | 110 | 121 | 231 |
| 2005 | 45 | 35 | 80 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 1.97 | 2.48 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Hidalgo: | 16.43% | 17.75% |
| Illiterate population: | 2.86% | 3.90% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 0.95% | 2.48% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 1.90% | 5.45% |
| Schooling level: | 9.17 | 7.72 |
| Schooling level (men): | 9.25 | 7.61 |
| Schooling level (women): | 9.09 | 7.83 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 3.57% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.71% | 0.00% |
| 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 Tlahuelilpan (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 50.95% | 34.20% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.29% | 44.63% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 41.24% | 22.73% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 118 | 66 |
| Homes with electricity: | 96.61% | 94.55% |
| Homes with piped water: | 96.61% | 94.55% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 94.92% | 96.36% |
| Homes with a radio: | 66.95% | 81.82% |
| Homes with a television: | 88.14% | 89.09% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 75.42% | 61.82% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 63.56% | 52.73% |
| Homes with a car: | 55.08% | 47.27% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 21.19% | 5.45% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 10.17% | 3.64% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 88.98% | 74.55% |
| Homes with Internet: | 22.03% | 1.82% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Salitre
With the satellite map of El Salitre 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 Tlahuelilpan. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Salitre.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Salitre
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Salitre, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Salitre so you can contact them:- HOTEL PLAZA: 1 km away, direction North (1 minutes by car)
- HOTEL Y BAÑOS OLGUÍN: 1 km away, direction North (1 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LEDEZMA: 1 km away, direction North (1 minutes by car)
- HOTEL ECLIPSE: 1 km away, direction Northeast (1 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Salitre
A weekend in El Salitre and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Salitre and surroundings to find the best destinations.Las mejores montes de El Salitre para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro La Cruz (2124 meters): 3.3 km walk (54 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Mesa La Mina (2268 meters): 4.8 km walk (67 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Colorado (2216 meters): 6.6 km walk (97 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro Xicuco (2341 meters): 7.0 km walk (88 minutes), heading West.
- Jilotepec de Molina Enríquez (México): Don't miss "Cruz de Doendó", 79 km, heading Southwest (59 minutes by car)
- Tlahuelilpan (8657 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the North (1 minutes by car)
- Dexhe (90 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Southeast (1 minutes by car)
- Ejido Media Luna (130 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the North (1 minutes by car)
- La Mercadela (12 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Salitre (Hidalgo)
In El Salitre 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 Salitre, 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) | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 34 | 44 | 78 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 131 | 151 | 282 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 9 | 7 | 16 |
#7 Pictures of El Salitre
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Salitre? 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 Salitre.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Salitre (Hidalgo) is 42785
Are you going to send a letter to El Salitre? Do you have a friend in El Salitre and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Salitre consists of the following 5 digits: 42785. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Salitre ("42") correspond to the state code of Hidalgo, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for El Salitre as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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In the following links you can check the list of the best (and most beautiful) towns in Mexico and the State of Hidalgo, by popular vote:
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- The most beautiful towns in Hidalgo
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Tlahuelilpan
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Tlahuelilpan
- Colonia Cerro de Gómez (114 inhabitants)
- Colonia Cerro de la Cruz (1732 inhabitants)
- Colonia Cuauhtémoc (4517 inhabitants)
- Colonia Guadalupe (Cerro del Tezontle) (126 inhabitants)
- Dexhe (90 inhabitants)
- La Media Luna (130 inhabitants)
- El Salitre (420 inhabitants)
- El Sauz (9 inhabitants)
- La Mercadela (12 inhabitants)
- La Providencia (3 inhabitants)
- Miravalle (4 inhabitants)
- Munitepec de Madero (3046 inhabitants)
- Rancho Bugambilias (48 inhabitants)
- San Gregorio (- inhabitants)
- Tlahuelilpan (8657 inhabitants)