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El Tejón (El Cantón)

We have collected many facts about the medium-sized town of El Tejón (El Cantón), as well as pictures, maps or statistics.

So you will learn about this incredible town of 351 inhabitants of Nayarit.

The town of El Tejón (El Cantón) belongs to the municipality of Acaponeta (State of Nayarit). It is the most populated town in the position #16 of the whole municipality.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In El Tejón (El Cantón), there is a percentage of 0% of indigenous population and 74% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on El Tejón (El Cantón)? They are at the bottom of this page.

To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Tejón (El Cantón) is located at 20.1 kilometers (in direction West) from the locality of Acaponeta, 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 Tejón (El Cantón).

#1 Where is El Tejón (El Cantón)? How to go? Map

What is the route to get to El Tejón (El Cantón) (Nayarit)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon

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#2 The population of El Tejón (El Cantón) (Nayarit) is 351 inhabitants

Population data in El Tejón (El Cantón)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	162	189	351
2010	167	191	358
2005	178	184	362

Evolution of the population in El Tejón (El Cantón): Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in El Tejón (El Cantón):

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.5	9.42
Population coming from outside the State of Nayarit:	10.83%	4.75%
Illiterate population:	6.27%	6.98%
Illiterate population (men):	3.99%	9.42%
Illiterate population (women):	2.28%	4.19%
Schooling level:	7.4	6.68
Schooling level (men):	6.99	6.32
Schooling level (women):	7.9	7.11

Indigenous culture data in El Tejón (El Cantón):

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	0.00%	0.56%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	0.00%	0.28%
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 Tejón (El Cantón), compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Nayarit, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and housing data in El Tejón (El Cantón):

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	37.61%	31.84%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	61.90%	58.64%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	9.26%	1.20%
Number of inhabited private housings:	110	111
Homes with electricity:	96.36%	96.91%
Homes with piped water:	86.36%	53.61%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	86.36%	85.57%
Homes with a radio:	34.55%	64.95%
Homes with a television:	83.64%	85.57%
Homes with a refrigerator:	91.82%	73.20%
Homes with a washing machine:	78.18%	47.42%
Homes with a car:	33.64%	30.93%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.00%	1.03%
Homes with landline telephone:	0.91%	17.53%
Homes with cell phones:	73.64%	30.93%
Homes with Internet:	0.00%	0.00%

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

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Tejón (El Cantón), to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Acaponeta. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Tejón (El Cantón).

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Tejón (El Cantón)

It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Tejón (El Cantón), but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Tejón (El Cantón) so you can contact them:

• HOTEL CANDELARIA: 21 km away, direction Southeast (14 minutes by car)
• HOTEL LAS ROSAS: 20 km away, direction Southeast (17 minutes by car)
• HOTEL MJ: 21 km away, direction Southeast (18 minutes by car)
• MOTEL SAN NICOLAS: 21 km away, direction Southeast (16 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in El Tejón (El Cantón)

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Other towns near El Tejón (El Cantón):

• El Tecomate (49 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
• Pajaritos (709 inhabitants): Located 7 km to the Southeast (9 minutes by car)
• El Aguaje (476 inhabitants): Located 8 km to the Northeast (9 minutes by car)
• Huajuquilla (406 inhabitants): Located 10 km to the Southeast (11 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 Tejón (El Cantón) (Nayarit)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Tejón (El Cantón) by age and gender, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in El Tejón (El Cantón) there is a generational replacement.

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

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	13	20	33
Youth (6-14 years)	27	23	50
Adults (15-59 years)	88	105	193
Elderly (60+ years)	34	41	75

#7 Pictures of El Tejón (El Cantón)

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Tejón (El Cantón)? 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 Tejón (El Cantón).
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