El Salitre (Michoacán)
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So you will learn about this incredible town of 631 inhabitants of Michoacán.
The town of El Salitre (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Ixtlán. There are 631 inhabitants and it is 1,539 meters altitude. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #8 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In El Salitre, 26% of the population over 12 years is single and 41% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
The town of El Salitre is located at 2.6 kilometers from Ixtlán de los Hervores, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the East direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Salitre.
#1 Where is El Salitre? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Salitre (Michoacán)? 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 (Michoacán) is 631 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 313 | 318 | 631 |
| 2010 | 305 | 288 | 593 |
| 2005 | 253 | 247 | 500 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.78 | 7.99 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 19.65% | 16.36% |
| Illiterate population: | 5.86% | 9.78% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.54% | 7.99% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 3.33% | 11.48% |
| Schooling level: | 6.54 | 5.55 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.69 | 5.91 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.39 | 5.20 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 1.85% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.51% |
| 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 Ixtlán (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 45.17% | 32.88% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.43% | 48.96% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 30.67% | 17.70% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 187 | 259 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.47% | 97.13% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 98.28% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 97.86% | 89.08% |
| Homes with a radio: | 62.57% | 67.24% |
| Homes with a television: | 93.58% | 92.53% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 95.72% | 85.06% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 80.75% | 67.24% |
| Homes with a car: | 50.27% | 45.40% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 19.25% | 9.77% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 6.42% | 38.51% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 87.17% | 41.95% |
| Homes with Internet: | 40.64% | 6.32% |
#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 Ixtlán. 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 REAL DEL SOL: 4 km away, direction West (3 minutes by car)
- MOTEL FRIDA: 18 km away, direction North (13 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN CLEMENTE: 18 km away, direction North (14 minutes by car)
- POSADA FAMILIAR SAN FELIPE: 23 km away, direction North (16 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Salitre
Want to know what to see in El Salitre if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Salitre.Las mejores montes de El Salitre para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- El Coruco (1706 meters): 2.5 km walk (53 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Ocosote (2074 meters): 4.4 km walk (69 minutes), heading East.
- El Sombrerito (1997 meters): 4.3 km walk (61 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro Los Nogales (2060 meters): 6.6 km walk (84 minutes), heading East.
- Ixtlán de los Hervores (5091 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (3 minutes by car)
- Las Tinajas (167 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the West (6 minutes by car)
- La Raya (Los Morales) (6 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the South (6 minutes by car)
- El Limón (929 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the Southwest (9 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Salitre (Michoacán)
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) | 34 | 39 | 73 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 60 | 48 | 108 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 163 | 173 | 336 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 56 | 58 | 114 |
#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 (Michoacán) is 59285
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: 59285. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Salitre ("59") correspond to the state code of Michoacán, 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 Michoacán, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in El Salitre
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Ixtlán
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Ixtlán
- Camucuato (542 inhabitants)
- El Agua Blanca (Rancho del Mayor) (2 inhabitants)
- El Colongo (826 inhabitants)
- El Potrero del Pelillo (1 inhabitants)
- El Salitre (631 inhabitants)
- El Valencianito (- inhabitants)
- El Valenciano (879 inhabitants)
- Fraccionamiento San Hipólito (- inhabitants)
- Granja Piscícola La Laguna (1 inhabitants)
- Ixtlán de los Hervores (5091 inhabitants)
- La Colonia del Llano (- inhabitants)
- La Pequeña (- inhabitants)
- La Raya (Los Morales) (6 inhabitants)
- Rincón del Mezquite (615 inhabitants)
- San Cristóbal (194 inhabitants)