Huatajo
The most complete information about the large village of Huatajo (pictures, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Michoacán has 620 inhabitants?
The town of Huatajo belongs to the municipality of Puruándiro (State of Michoacán). There are 620 inhabitants and it is 1,950 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Yuriria is 59 minutes away by car (59 km). It is the most populated town in the position #21 of the whole municipality.
Data: In Huatajo, 34% of the population over 12 years is single and 16% 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 Huatajo is located at 11.0 kilometers (in direction Southesast) from the locality of Puruándiro, 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 Huatajo.
#1 Where is Huatajo? How to go? Map
Online map of Huatajo in Michoacán, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on 
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#2 The population of Huatajo (Michoacán) is 620 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 347 | 273 | 620 |
| 2010 | 401 | 282 | 683 |
| 2005 | 462 | 281 | 743 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.67 | 23.40 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 2.90% | 0.59% |
| Illiterate population: | 15.00% | 20.94% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 6.61% | 23.40% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 8.39% | 19.20% |
| Schooling level: | 4.83 | 3.80 |
| Schooling level (men): | 4.36 | 2.85 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.16 | 4.42 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.44% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.29% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Puruándiro (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 48.06% | 28.99% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 63.37% | 67.02% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 36.02% | 2.24% |
| Number of inhabited private housings: | 201 | 294 |
| Homes with electricity: | 99.50% | 98.32% |
| Homes with piped water: | 98.51% | 95.53% |
| Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 85.57% | 73.74% |
| Homes with a radio: | 71.14% | 78.77% |
| Homes with a television: | 92.04% | 83.24% |
| Homes with a refrigerator: | 89.55% | 83.80% |
| Homes with a washing machine: | 58.21% | 47.49% |
| Homes with a car: | 32.34% | 35.75% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 4.98% | 1.12% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 4.98% | 16.76% |
| Homes with cell phones: | 88.06% | 56.42% |
| Homes with Internet: | 16.42% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Huatajo
With the satellite map of Huatajo 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 Puruándiro. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Huatajo.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Huatajo
Do you want to stay in Huatajo? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Huatajo:- HOTEL ARIES: 16 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LOMA LINDA: 16 km away, direction Southwest (12 minutes by car)
- AUTO HOTEL VENECIA SA DE CV: 15 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
- HOTEL ALEX GUZMAN: 16 km away, direction Southwest (12 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Huatajo
A weekend in Huatajo and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in Huatajo and surroundings to find the best destinations.Mountains in Huatajo for hiking and trails:
- Cerro Las Ranas (2213 meters): 3.7 km walk (62 minutes), heading Northwest.
- Cerro El Lobo (2053 meters): 3.6 km walk (59 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro La Cruz (2085 meters): 5.5 km walk (78 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro Blanco (2287 meters): 5.7 km walk (74 minutes), heading North.
- Yuriria (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Laguna de Yuriria", 59 km, heading East (59 minutes by car)
- La Tepusa (129 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the North (4 minutes by car)
- Las Ranas (780 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the North (6 minutes by car)
- Santa Clara (2423 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the East (8 minutes by car)
- La Excusa (687 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Southwest (9 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of Huatajo (Michoacán)
In Huatajo 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 Huatajo, 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) | 22 | 27 | 49 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 39 | 48 | 87 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 210 | 142 | 352 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 76 | 56 | 132 |
#7 Pictures of Huatajo
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Huatajo? 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 Huatajo.
Disfrute con las fotos de Huatajo en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of Huatajo (Michoacán) is 58515
Are you going to send a letter to Huatajo? Do you have a friend in Huatajo and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Huatajo consists of the following 5 digits: 58515. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Huatajo ("58") correspond to the state code of Michoacán, and the last three correspond to the people themselves. In Mexico, the same ZIP code can be assigned to several towns.
#9 Vote for Huatajo as the most beautiful town in Mexico
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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 Michoacán, by popular vote:
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#10 Schools in Huatajo
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Puruándiro
#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Puruándiro
- Ejido Puruándiro (- inhabitants)
- El Fresno de Guadalupe (55 inhabitants)
- El Granjenal (353 inhabitants)
- El Pueblito (356 inhabitants)
- Galeana Tres (- inhabitants)
- Huatajo (620 inhabitants)
- Isaac Arriaga (Santa Ana Mancera) (2077 inhabitants)
- El Pescadito II (6 inhabitants)
- Los Pirules (1 inhabitants)
- Nuevo Urén (56 inhabitants)
- Piedras Anchas (490 inhabitants)
- Restaurante Xanamu (- inhabitants)
- Sanguijuelas (1085 inhabitants)
- Santa Clara (2423 inhabitants)
- Santa Teresa (64 inhabitants)