La Caoba (Chiapas)
Learn about medium-sized town of La Caoba through its photos, maps and population statistics.
All the information about this town of 341 inhabitants of the State of Chiapas
You may know it as El Valche.
The town of La Caoba is located in the Municipality of Palenque (in the State of Chiapas). There are 341 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #128 of the whole municipality. La Caoba is at 47 meters of altitude.
This town has recently changed its name. It used to be known as El Valche. This town decided to change its name in the year 2010.
Data: In La Caoba, there is a percentage of 59% of indigenous population and 90% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on La Caoba? They are at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town within the municipality, you must know that La Caoba is located at 3.2 kilometers (in direction West) from the locality of Palenque, which is the one that has more inhabitants within the municipality. Thanks to our webpage and the satellite map that you can locate at the bottom, you can see the position and visit the surroundings of La Caoba.
#1 Where is La Caoba? How to get there? Map
Online map of La Caoba in Chiapas, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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#2 The population of La Caoba (Chiapas) is 341 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 173 | 168 | 341 |
2010 | 78 | 94 | 172 |
2005 | 37 | 33 | 70 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.26 | 11.70 |
Population coming from outside the State of Chiapas: | 14.08% | 6.40% |
Illiterate population: | 4.69% | 15.12% |
Illiterate population (men): | 1.47% | 11.70% |
Illiterate population (women): | 3.23% | 19.23% |
Schooling level: | 7.91 | 4.75 |
Schooling level (men): | 8.27 | 4.98 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.54 | 4.54 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 58.65% | 67.44% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 29.03% | 39.53% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.59% | 1.74% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Palenque (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 56.89% | 27.33% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 58.33% | 45.74% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 55.49% | 5.13% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 90 | 45 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 5.41% |
Housing with piped water: | 98.89% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 100.00% | 21.62% |
Dwellings with radio: | 66.67% | 16.22% |
Housing with television: | 80.00% | 10.81% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 81.11% | 2.70% |
Housing with washing machine: | 47.78% | 2.70% |
Housing with automobile: | 15.56% | 0.00% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 11.11% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 90.00% | 8.11% |
Homes with Internet: | 5.56% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of La Caoba
Amazing satellite GPS maps of La Caoba, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Palenque. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of La Caoba.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near La Caoba
Do you want to stay in La Caoba? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to La Caoba:- HOTEL BOUTIQUE PIEDRA DE AGUA: 2 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
- HOTEL RESTAURANTE LOS LEONES: 2 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
- CABAÑAS SAN CATARINO: 2 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
- HOTEL Y VILLAS KIN´HA: 2 km away, direction South (2 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of La Caoba (Chiapas)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of La Caoba by age and sex, 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 La Caoba there is a generational replacement.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 22 | 16 | 38 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 38 | 41 | 79 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 104 | 99 | 203 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 9 | 12 | 21 |
#6 Photos of La Caoba
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of La Caoba? 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 photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like La Caoba.
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>>> Map with all the towns within the municipality of Palenque
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