La Cantera (Michoacán)
Maps, pictures and statistics of La Cantera, a beautiful small village of 29 inhabitants of the State of Michoacán
The town of La Cantera (Michoacán) belongs to the municipality of Jiquilpan. There are 29 inhabitants and it is 2,003 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Jiquilpan de Juárez is 15 minutes away by car (10 km). It is the most populated town in the position #18 of the whole municipality.
Data: In La Cantera, 12% of individuals have completed secondary education and 0% 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 La Cantera is located at 7.1 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of Jiquilpan de Juárez, 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 La Cantera.
#1 Where is La Cantera? How to go? Map
Online map of La Cantera in Michoacán, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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#2 The population of La Cantera (Michoacán) is 29 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
2010 | 20 | 18 | 38 |
2005 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 4.43 | 11.11 |
Population coming from outside the State of Michoacán: | 0.00% | 5.26% |
Illiterate population: | 37.93% | 23.68% |
Illiterate population (men): | 10.34% | 11.11% |
Illiterate population (women): | 27.59% | 35.00% |
Schooling level: | 3.88 | 2.88 |
Schooling level (men): | 4.54 | 3.86 |
Schooling level (women): | 3.23 | 2.16 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 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: | 68.97% | 21.05% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 93.33% | 33.33% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 42.86% | 10.00% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 10 | 27 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 91.67% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 90.00% | 75.00% |
Homes with a radio: | 60.00% | 75.00% |
Homes with a television: | 80.00% | 83.33% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 90.00% | 91.67% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 100.00% | 25.00% |
Homes with a car: | 60.00% | 16.67% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 60.00% | 41.67% |
Homes with cell phones: | 80.00% | 33.33% |
Homes with Internet: | 10.00% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of La Cantera
With the satellite map of La Cantera 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 Jiquilpan. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of La Cantera.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near La Cantera
Many people want to stay in the town of La Cantera itself, but unfortunately there are no hotels in the village yet. Don't worry, we have created this list of the closest accommodations, so you can ask if they have rooms available:- HOTEL PALMIRA: 9 km away, direction North (6 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PRESIDENTE: 11 km away, direction North (8 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PLAZA TARASCA: 11 km away, direction North (7 minutes by car)
- HOTEL VILLA PARAISO: 10 km away, direction Northeast (8 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in La Cantera
Are you visiting and don't know what to do in La Cantera? The list of the best places to visit in La Cantera and nearby locations.Las mejores montes de La Cantera para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro San Francisco (2475 meters): 3.9 km walk (78 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro La Pitahayita (2514 meters): 4.6 km walk (65 minutes), heading East.
- Cerro La Viña (2414 meters): 4.9 km walk (77 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro La Cal (2056 meters): 7.0 km walk (119 minutes), heading South.
- Jiquilpan de Juárez (Michoacán de Ocampo): Don't miss "Templo del Sagrado Corazón", 15 km, heading North (10 minutes by car)
- Cotija de la Paz (Michoacán de Ocampo): Don't miss "Parroquia de Nuestra Señora del Pópolo", 28 km, heading South (21 minutes by car)
- Mazamitla (Jalisco): Don't miss "Calle Hidalgo", 70 km, heading West (50 minutes by car)
- Las Jaras (La Jara) (42 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (4 minutes by car)
- Lagunita (313 inhabitants): Located 5 km to the Southeast (7 minutes by car)
- Cerro de San Francisco (San Francisco) (18 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Northeast (7 minutes by car)
- Los Laureles (24 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Northwest (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of La Cantera (Michoacán)
In La Cantera 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 La Cantera, 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 |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 6 | 3 | 9 |
#7 Pictures of La Cantera
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of La Cantera? 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 La Cantera.
Disfrute con las fotos de La Cantera en este enlace
#8 The Postal Code of La Cantera (Michoacán) is 59547
Are you going to send a letter to La Cantera? Do you have a friend in La Cantera and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of La Cantera consists of the following 5 digits: 59547. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of La Cantera ("59") 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 La Cantera 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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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Jiquilpan
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