El Salitre (Zacatecas)
The most complete information about the small village of El Salitre (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Zacatecas has 141 inhabitants?
The town of El Salitre (Zacatecas) belongs to the municipality of Tepetongo. There are 141 inhabitants and it is 1,970 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Jeréz de García Salinas is 52 minutes away by car (41 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #9 of the ranking.
Data: In El Salitre, 33% of the population over 12 years is single and 31% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Salitre? You can find it at 3.9 kilometers, in direction Southwest, from the town of Tepetongo, which has the largest population within the municipality. 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 Zacatecas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of El Salitre (Zacatecas) is 141 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62 | 79 | 141 |
| 2010 | 86 | 80 | 166 |
| 2005 | 90 | 83 | 173 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 3.16 | 8.75 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Zacatecas: | 2.13% | 1.81% |
| Illiterate population: | 3.55% | 7.83% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 0.71% | 8.75% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 2.84% | 6.98% |
| Schooling level: | 6.33 | 5.23 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.84 | 5.47 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.67 | 5.03 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.60% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.60% |
| 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 Tepetongo (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 46.81% | 27.71% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 64.56% | 51.25% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 24.19% | 5.81% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 54 | 112 |
| Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 98.15% | 96.15% |
| Homes with a radio: | 74.07% | 86.54% |
| Homes with a television: | 96.30% | 98.08% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 96.30% | 94.23% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 90.74% | 88.46% |
| Homes with a car: | 66.67% | 59.62% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 11.11% | 5.77% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 55.56% | 32.69% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 62.96% | 34.62% |
| Homes with Internet: | 31.48% | 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 Tepetongo. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Salitre.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Salitre
Many people want to stay in the town of El Salitre itself, but unfortunately there are no hotels in the village yet. Don't worry, we have created this list of the closest accommodations, so you can ask if they have rooms available:- HOTEL DON GENARO: 5 km away, direction Southeast (4 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO: 21 km away, direction South (16 minutes by car)
- MOTEL DEL PRADO: 23 km away, direction South (15 minutes by car)
- HOTEL VILLA REAL: 19 km away, direction South (14 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Salitre
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in El Salitre? The list of the best places to visit in El Salitre and nearby locations.Las mejores montes de El Salitre para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro Verde (2115 meters): 6.1 km walk (85 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro Tortuga (2127 meters): 5.9 km walk (95 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro El Tigre (2275 meters): 7.0 km walk (91 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro El Pino (2170 meters): 9.9 km walk (139 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Jeréz de García Salinas (Zacatecas): Don't miss "Teatro Hinojosa", 52 km, heading Northeast (41 minutes by car)
- Villanueva (Zacatecas): Don't miss "Templo de la Merced", 49 km, heading Southeast (45 minutes by car)
- La Cuadrilla (34 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the East (2 minutes by car)
- El Salitral (69 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (3 minutes by car)
- Tepetongo (1497 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southeast (7 minutes by car)
- El Salitrillo (93 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the North (8 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Salitre (Zacatecas)
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) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 28 | 45 | 73 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 27 | 25 | 52 |
#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.
Disfrute con las fotos de El Salitre en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of El Salitre (Zacatecas) is 99570
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: 99570. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Salitre ("99") correspond to the state code of Zacatecas, 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 Zacatecas, by popular vote:
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- The most beautiful towns in Zacatecas
#10 Schools in El Salitre
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Tepetongo
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Tepetongo
- Arroyo Seco de Abajo (155 inhabitants)
- Colonia Emiliano Zapata (25 inhabitants)
- El Alamito (26 inhabitants)
- El Cacalote (Estancia del Cuidado) (51 inhabitants)
- El Salitral (69 inhabitants)
- El Salitrillo (93 inhabitants)
- El Tejano (- inhabitants)
- Juanchorrey (251 inhabitants)
- La Chaveña (- inhabitants)
- La Joya (Lázaro Cárdenas) (29 inhabitants)
- La Tinaja (30 inhabitants)
- Puerta del Alamito (16 inhabitants)
- Rancho Questan (- inhabitants)
- Santa Rosa (31 inhabitants)
- Tepetongo (1497 inhabitants)