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El Tanque (Durango)

Maps, pictures and statistics of El Tanque, a beautiful medium-sized town of 363 inhabitants of the State of Durango

The town of El Tanque (Durango) belongs to the municipality of Cuencamé. There are 363 inhabitants and it is 1,606 meters altitude. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #23 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Tanque, 40% of individuals have completed secondary education and 21% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Tanque is located at 9.9 kilometers from Cuencamé de Ceniceros, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Southwest direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Tanque.

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

Location map of El Tanque in Durango: Use the controls in the upper left area to zoom in (+) or out (-). This is a satellite photo centered in El Tanque, which is marked with the following symbol

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#2 The population of El Tanque (Durango) is 363 inhabitants

Population data in El Tanque (Durango)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	192	171	363
2010	168	168	336
2005	160	150	310

Evolution of the population in El Tanque: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Tanque:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	2.56	1.19
Population coming from outside the State of Durango:	6.06%	3.87%
Illiterate population:	0.83%	1.19%
Illiterate population (men):	0.28%	1.19%
Illiterate population (women):	0.55%	1.19%
Schooling level:	8.46	7.49
Schooling level (men):	8.28	7.36
Schooling level (women):	8.63	7.63

Indigenous culture data in El Tanque:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	0.00%	2.68%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	0.00%	0.60%
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 Tanque, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Durango, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Tanque:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	34.71%	28.87%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	59.65%	47.02%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	12.50%	10.71%
Number of inhabited private housings:	104	129
Homes with electricity:	100.00%	100.00%
Homes with piped water:	100.00%	96.77%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	96.15%	89.25%
Homes with a radio:	39.42%	48.39%
Homes with a television:	96.15%	95.70%
Homes with a refrigerator:	94.23%	90.32%
Homes with a washing machine:	82.69%	61.29%
Homes with a car:	47.12%	34.41%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	21.15%	8.60%
Homes with landline telephone:	9.62%	10.75%
Homes with cell phones:	84.62%	48.39%
Homes with Internet:	2.88%	0.00%

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

With the satellite map of El Tanque 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 Cuencamé. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Tanque.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Tanque

Do you want to stay in El Tanque? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to El Tanque:

• HOTEL CUENCAME: 15 km away, direction East (10 minutes by car)
• HOTEL LA POSTA INN: 12 km away, direction East (10 minutes by car)
• HOTEL EL VIAJERO: 14 km away, direction Southeast (11 minutes by car)
• HOTEL LA CASA DEL VIAJERO: 16 km away, direction Southeast (11 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Tanque

A weekend in El Tanque and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in El Tanque and surroundings to find the best destinations.
Las mejores montes de El Tanque para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Loma El Cascajo (1602 meters): 3.8 km walk (79 minutes), heading Northwest.
• Cerro El Piloncillo (1648 meters): 4.1 km walk (85 minutes), heading Northeast.
• Cerro La Pedregosa (1666 meters): 5.3 km walk (76 minutes), heading North.
• Cerro Alto (1849 meters): 5.4 km walk (87 minutes), heading East.

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

• El Ranchito (16 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the Northwest (2 minutes by car)
• El Tajo (7 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northwest (4 minutes by car)
• Pasaje (1464 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Northwest (6 minutes by car)
• Santa Bárbara (22 inhabitants): Located 13 km to the North (14 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 Tanque (Durango)

In El Tanque 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 Tanque, 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 Tanque (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	18	15	33
Youth (6-14 years)	40	31	71
Adults (15-59 years)	108	100	208
Elderly (60+ years)	26	25	51

#7 Pictures of El Tanque

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Tanque? 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 Tanque.
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#8 The Postal Code of El Tanque (Durango) is 35834

Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Tanque so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 35834. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Tanque ("35") correspond to the State of Durango, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.

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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 Durango, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in El Tanque

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