El Vigía (San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca)
Maps, photos and statistics of El Vigía, a beautiful large village of 906 inhabitants of the State of Oaxaca
The place of El Vigía is inside the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 906 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #12 of the whole municipality. El Vigía is at 172 meters of altitude.
Data: In El Vigía, 25% of individuals have completed secondary education and 8% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
To locate this beautiful town inside the municipality, you must know that El Vigía is located at 2.6 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of San Pedro Pochutla, 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 Vigía.
#1 Where is El Vigía? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Vigía (Oaxaca)? 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 Vigía (Oaxaca) is 906 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 445 | 461 | 906 |
| 2010 | 345 | 358 | 703 |
| 2005 | 301 | 322 | 623 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.71 | 15.08 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 1.32% | 0.28% |
| Illiterate population: | 9.82% | 21.05% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 2.54% | 15.08% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 7.28% | 27.25% |
| Schooling level: | 7.11 | 5.24 |
| Schooling level (men): | 7.81 | 5.76 |
| Schooling level (women): | 6.4 | 4.76 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 45.14% | 40.11% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 17.77% | 18.07% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.77% | 0.14% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of San Pedro Pochutla (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 48.34% | 36.56% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.00% | 52.23% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 37.30% | 20.29% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 229 | 212 |
| Homes with electricity: | 94.32% | 93.44% |
| Housing with piped water: | 80.79% | 0.00% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 84.72% | 95.63% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 56.33% | 61.75% |
| Housing with television: | 65.07% | 65.03% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 69.43% | 53.55% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 28.38% | 19.67% |
| Housing with automobile: | 17.47% | 8.74% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 8.30% | 2.19% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 2.18% | 1.09% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 86.03% | 36.61% |
| Homes with Internet: | 17.90% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Vigía
With the satellite map of El Vigía 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 San Pedro Pochutla. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of El Vigía.
#4 Population pyramid of El Vigía (Oaxaca)
In El Vigía 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 Vigía, 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) | 61 | 56 | 117 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 72 | 89 | 161 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 269 | 283 | 552 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 43 | 33 | 76 |
#5 Photos of El Vigía
In order for you to enjoy nature around El Vigía, we have compiled a collection of sightseeing and monument photographs of the town and its surroundings. Access a completely free online image gallery of El Vigía, so you can even use it as a wallpaper to always remember this beautiful town.
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#6 The Postal Code of El Vigía (Oaxaca) is 70902
Are you going to send a letter to El Vigía? Do you have a friend in El Vigía and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of El Vigía consists of the following 5 digits: 70902. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of El Vigía ("70") correspond to the state code of Oaxaca, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla
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