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El Salitre (Sinaloa)

The most complete information about the large village of El Salitre (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.

Did you know that this town in Sinaloa has 745 inhabitants?

The town of El Salitre (Sinaloa) belongs to the municipality of Salvador Alvarado. There are 745 inhabitants and it is 35 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Mocorito is 37 minutes away by car (29 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #4 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Salitre, 29% of the population over 12 years is single and 17% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Salitre is located at 6.3 kilometers from Guamúchil, 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 Salitre.

#1 Where is El Salitre? How to go? Map

Online map of El Salitre in Sinaloa, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on

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#2 The population of El Salitre (Sinaloa) is 745 inhabitants

Population data in El Salitre (Sinaloa)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	368	377	745
2010	364	390	754
2005	364	381	745

Evolution of the population in El Salitre: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Salitre:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.81	8.72
Population coming from outside the State of Sinaloa:	2.68%	2.79%
Illiterate population:	6.98%	7.69%
Illiterate population (men):	4.30%	8.72%
Illiterate population (women):	2.68%	6.59%
Schooling level:	7.88	6.81
Schooling level (men):	7.66	6.57
Schooling level (women):	8.1	7.07

Indigenous culture data in El Salitre:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	0.40%	0.40%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	0.13%	0.13%
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 Salitre, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Sinaloa, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Salitre:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	40.54%	33.02%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	57.29%	53.33%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	23.37%	11.26%
Number of inhabited private housings:	206	224
Homes with electricity:	99.03%	100.00%
Homes with piped water:	97.09%	2.09%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	94.66%	97.38%
Homes with a radio:	57.77%	62.83%
Homes with a television:	86.89%	92.15%
Homes with a refrigerator:	94.17%	97.38%
Homes with a washing machine:	77.67%	70.68%
Homes with a car:	51.94%	58.12%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	18.45%	5.76%
Homes with landline telephone:	0.49%	9.42%
Homes with cell phones:	91.26%	79.58%
Homes with Internet:	17.48%	0.52%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Salitre (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Sinaloa, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of El Salitre

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#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:

• MOTEL SAN CARLOS: 7 km away, direction Northeast (5 minutes by car)
• HOTEL YORK: 7 km away, direction Northeast (6 minutes by car)
• HOTEL DAVIMAR: 8 km away, direction Northeast (6 minutes by car)
• HOTEL ALBA: 9 km away, direction East (7 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 Tultita (161 meters): 10.5 km walk (171 minutes), heading East.
• Loma Calera (119 meters): 12.7 km walk (255 minutes), heading Southeast.
• Cerro El Cementerio (127 meters): 11.5 km walk (181 minutes), heading East.
• Loma Piedrera (95 meters): 16.0 km walk (267 minutes), heading Southeast.

Magical Towns near El Salitre to discover the Mexican culture:

• Mocorito (Sinaloa): Don't miss "Templo de la Purísima Concepción", 37 km, heading East (29 minutes by car)

Are you looking for charming villages in the surroundings of El Salitre?:

• La Víbora (18 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
• San Isidro (1116 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Southeast (4 minutes by car)
• La Isleta (197 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
• Mojolo (12 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the East (4 minutes by car)

This information is based on geographical data. Distances may vary depending on terrain, driving style or walking conditions.

#6 Population pyramid of El Salitre (Sinaloa)

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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town El Salitre (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	32	28	60
Youth (6-14 years)	54	51	105
Adults (15-59 years)	219	236	455
Elderly (60+ years)	63	62	125

#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 (Sinaloa) is 81500

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: 81500. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Salitre ("81") correspond to the state code of Sinaloa, 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

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