El Salitre (Zacatecas)
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 Zacatecas has 838 inhabitants?
The town of El Salitre (Zacatecas) belongs to the municipality of Villa Hidalgo. There are 838 inhabitants and it is 2,108 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Pinos is 53 minutes away by car (37 km). It is the most populated town in the position #5 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Salitre, 28% of the population over 12 years is single and 58% 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 8.7 kilometers (in direction Southwest) from the locality of Villa Hidalgo, 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
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 838 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 421 | 417 | 838 |
| 2010 | 388 | 384 | 772 |
| 2005 | 362 | 360 | 722 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.75 | 4.69 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Zacatecas: | 7.16% | 4.40% |
| Illiterate population: | 3.70% | 4.66% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.15% | 4.69% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 1.55% | 4.64% |
| Schooling level: | 7.97 | 6.70 |
| Schooling level (men): | 7.51 | 6.14 |
| Schooling level (women): | 8.43 | 7.25 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 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 Villa Hidalgo (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 25.06% | 25.78% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 42.21% | 50.52% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 8.08% | 1.29% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 212 | 223 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.06% | 94.89% |
| Homes with piped water: | 98.11% | 97.73% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 93.87% | 97.16% |
| Homes with a radio: | 53.77% | 72.16% |
| Homes with a television: | 89.15% | 91.48% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 79.72% | 62.50% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 77.83% | 68.75% |
| Homes with a car: | 46.23% | 32.95% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 7.55% | 3.41% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 9.43% | 17.05% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 88.68% | 42.05% |
| Homes with Internet: | 58.49% | 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 Villa Hidalgo. 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:- HOTEL ROBERT: 14 km away, direction Southeast (10 minutes by car)
- CASA DE HUÉSPEDES LA MORENITA: 13 km away, direction Southeast (10 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PEDREGOSO: 24 km away, direction South (16 minutes by car)
- MOTEL EL CRUCERO: 38 km away, direction North (25 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 Los Marines (2409 meters): 15.2 km walk (261 minutes), heading West.
- El Palmar (Monte El Palmar) (2411 meters): 13.6 km walk (190 minutes), heading East.
- Monte Palmar El Gallo (2316 meters): 19.5 km walk (326 minutes), heading East.
- Pinos (Zacatecas): Don't miss "Torre del Reloj Público", 53 km, heading Southeast (37 minutes by car)
- Real de Asientos (Aguascalientes): Don't miss "Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Belén", 60 km, heading Southwest (60 minutes by car)
- Canoas (652 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southeast (6 minutes by car)
- Purísima del Rucio (El Rucio) (455 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the North (6 minutes by car)
- Las Huertas (37 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the North (6 minutes by car)
- San Antonio del Bajío (Puerto de Palmas) (200 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the South (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) | 56 | 56 | 112 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 86 | 86 | 172 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 244 | 232 | 476 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 35 | 43 | 78 |
#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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#9 Schools in El Salitre
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Villa Hidalgo
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