El Zarzal (Oaxaca)
We have collected many facts about the small village of El Zarzal, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 113 inhabitants of Oaxaca.
The town of El Zarzal (Oaxaca) belongs to the municipality of Santa MarÃa Huatulco. There are 113 inhabitants and it is 18 meters altitude. It's a beach town: the beach of Playa Boca Vieja is 5 km away. The Magical Town of Mazunte is 58 minutes away by car (38 km). It is the most populated town in the position #46 of the whole municipality.
Data: In El Zarzal, 37% of the population over 12 years is single and 6% 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 Zarzal is located at 14.3 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Crucecita, which is the one that has more inhabitants inside the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Santa MarÃa Huatulco) it is at 18.4 kilometers in direction West. With our webpage and with our satelital map that you can find below, you can know where is and visit the surroundings of El Zarzal.
#1 Where is El Zarzal? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to El Zarzal (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 Zarzal (Oaxaca) is 113 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 54 | 59 | 113 |
2010 | 33 | 29 | 62 |
2005 | 32 | 26 | 58 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.66 | 6.90 |
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 0.88% | 0.00% |
Illiterate population: | 4.42% | 4.84% |
Illiterate population (men): | 2.65% | 6.90% |
Illiterate population (women): | 1.77% | 3.03% |
Schooling level: | 7.51 | 5.68 |
Schooling level (men): | 7.76 | 6.13 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.28 | 5.32 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 10.62% | 0.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 2.65% | 0.00% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
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2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 44.25% | 25.81% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.32% | 48.28% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 27.78% | 6.06% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 31 | 15 |
Homes with electricity: | 96.77% | 73.33% |
Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with a radio: | 38.71% | 40.00% |
Homes with a television: | 64.52% | 46.67% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 67.74% | 66.67% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 35.48% | 20.00% |
Homes with a car: | 9.68% | 20.00% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 9.68% | 6.67% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 25.81% | 0.00% |
Homes with cell phones: | 67.74% | 6.67% |
Homes with Internet: | 6.45% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of El Zarzal
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Zarzal, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Santa MarÃa Huatulco. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Zarzal.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Zarzal
It seems that there are no accommodations in the town of El Zarzal, but we have a record of the closest hotels and motels to El Zarzal so you can contact them:- POSADA ARSAL: 7 km away, direction North (6 minutes by car)
- HOTEL Y RESTAURANTE EL MIRADOR: 9 km away, direction Southwest (6 minutes by car)
- HOTEL SALCHI: 9 km away, direction West (7 minutes by car)
- MANTA RAYA HOTEL: 12 km away, direction West (8 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in El Zarzal
Want to know what to see in El Zarzal if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy El Zarzal.Beaches in El Zarzal for sunbathing:
- Playa Boca Vieja: A 5 km walk (44 minutes) or 5 minutes by car, heading South.
- Playa Ixtapa: A 6 km walk (63 minutes) or 7 minutes by car, heading Southeast.
- Playa Cuatonalco: A 5 km walk (56 minutes) or 6 minutes by car, heading Southwest.
- Playa El Coyote: A 8 km walk (82 minutes) or 11 minutes by car, heading Southeast.
- Cerro Cigarro (357 meters): 14.0 km walk (263 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro La Montosa (324 meters): 15.8 km walk (220 minutes), heading North.
- Cerro El Potrero (280 meters): 18.4 km walk (245 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Mazunte (Oaxaca): Don't miss "Playa Bermejita​", 58 km, heading West (38 minutes by car)
- Bajos de Coyula (807 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- Derramadero (192 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the West (3 minutes by car)
- Kilómetro 2 La Unión 1 (61 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the North (7 minutes by car)
- Boca Vieja (Barra Boca Vieja) (174 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southwest (5 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of El Zarzal (Oaxaca)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Zarzal 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 Zarzal there is a generational replacement.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 10 | 15 | 25 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 35 | 37 | 72 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
#7 Pictures of El Zarzal
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of El Zarzal? 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 Zarzal.
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Santa MarÃa Huatulco
#9 Other towns in the Municipality of Santa MarÃa Huatulco
- Arroyo el Almacén (78 inhabitants)
- Arroyo Limón (128 inhabitants)
- Boca Vieja (Barra Boca Vieja) (174 inhabitants)
- Crucecita (19252 inhabitants)
- El Nueve (2 inhabitants)
- El Yoche (8 inhabitants)
- Juquilita (2 inhabitants)
- La Aurora (23 inhabitants)
- La Erradura (1469 inhabitants)
- Barrio La Unión 2 (156 inhabitants)
- Las Pozas (San Antonio las Pozas) (183 inhabitants)
- Piedra de Moros (288 inhabitants)
- Puente Todos Santos (87 inhabitants)
- Residencial Conejos (65 inhabitants)
- Residencial Mirador Chahué (1 inhabitants)