El Salitre (Oaxaca)
Learn about medium-sized town of El Salitre through its pictures, maps and population statistics.
All the information about this town of 359 inhabitants of the State of Oaxaca
The town of El Salitre (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec - Dto. 22 -. There are 359 inhabitants and it is 223 meters altitude. It's a beach town: the beach of Playa Zicatela is 20 km away. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #9 of the ranking.
Data: In El Salitre, 21% of individuals have completed secondary education and 0% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Salitre? You can find it at 9.1 kilometers, in direction East, from the town of Puerto Escondido, which has the largest population within the municipality. And with respect to San Pedro Mixtepec -Dto. 22-, which is the capital of the municipality, it is located at Southesast, at 12.6 kilometers. To enjoy the town of El Salitre through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is El Salitre? How to go? Map
Online map of El Salitre in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Salitre (Oaxaca) is 359 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 173 | 186 | 359 |
| 2010 | 156 | 166 | 322 |
| 2005 | 142 | 136 | 278 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.22 | 13.86 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.28% | 0.31% |
| Illiterate population: | 14.21% | 14.29% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 6.96% | 13.86% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 7.24% | 14.74% |
| Schooling level: | 6.29 | 4.94 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.13 | 4.88 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.48 | 5.02 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.62% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.62% |
| 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 San Pedro Mixtepec - Dto. 22 - (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 36.77% | 36.02% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 54.30% | 59.64% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 17.92% | 10.90% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 85 | 68 |
| Homes with electricity: | 97.65% | 87.50% |
| Homes with piped water: | 97.65% | 84.38% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 91.76% | 95.31% |
| Homes with a radio: | 35.29% | 59.38% |
| Homes with a television: | 48.24% | 31.25% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 71.76% | 54.69% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 22.35% | 10.94% |
| Homes with a car: | 8.24% | 3.12% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 1.18% | 0.00% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 75.29% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 64.71% | 0.00% |
#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 San Pedro Mixtepec - Dto. 22 -. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Salitre.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Salitre
Do you want to stay in El Salitre? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Salitre:- CUARTOS EN RENTA SAN PEDRO MIXTEPEC DISTRITO 22: 13 km away, direction West (11 minutes by car)
- HOSTAL CALIFORNIA: 15 km away, direction Southeast (10 minutes by car)
- MOTEL PASION: 14 km away, direction Southwest (11 minutes by car)
- MOTEL CAMPESTRE: 14 km away, direction Southwest (10 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.Beaches in El Salitre for sunbathing:
- Playa Zicatela: A 20 km walk (194 minutes) or 23 minutes by car, heading Southwest.
- Playa Bachoco: A 18 km walk (213 minutes) or 23 minutes by car, heading Southwest.
- Cerro Las Palmitas (510 meters): 2.4 km walk (47 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Ocote (511 meters): 5.2 km walk (103 minutes), heading Southeast.
- Cerro La Cebadilla (678 meters): 5.2 km walk (76 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro El Caballo (783 meters): 9.9 km walk (152 minutes), heading East.
- Portillo el Maluco (76 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (3 minutes by car)
- El Pescadito (72 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the North (4 minutes by car)
- Plan de Mina (42 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the East (7 minutes by car)
- La Reforma (751 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the Northeast (8 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Salitre (Oaxaca)
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) | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 94 | 108 | 202 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 16 | 20 | 36 |
#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 (Oaxaca) is 71998
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: 71998. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Salitre ("71") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, 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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#10 Schools in El Salitre
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec - Dto. 22 -
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