Los Arcos
We have collected many facts about the small village of Los Arcos, as well as pictures, maps or statistics.
So you will learn about this incredible town of 82 inhabitants of Oaxaca.
You may know it as Las Salinas (El Arco Grande).
The town of Los Arcos belongs to the municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez (State of Oaxaca). There are 82 inhabitants and it is 1,643 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Capulálpam de Méndez is 81 minutes away by car (56 km). In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #15 of the ranking.
The locality was formerly known as Las Salinas (El Arco Grande), but changed its name a few years ago. In the year 2010, the locality changed its name.
Do you want to locate the town of Los Arcos? You can find it at 7.6 kilometers, in direction South, from the town of Oaxaca de Juárez, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the town of Los Arcos through the satelital imagery, in the bottom of the webpage you have an interactive map to know where it is.
#1 Where is Los Arcos? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to Los Arcos (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 Los Arcos (Oaxaca) is 82 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | 37 | 45 | 82 |
2005 | 6 |
According to the 2010 official census, in the town there were 45 males and 37 females. The female/male ratio is 0.822, and the birth rate is 2.60 children per woman. Of the total population, 7.32% comes from outside the State of Oaxaca. 3.66% of the population is illiterate (0.00% of men and 8.11% of women). The education level is 6.37 (6.52 in men and 6.21 in women).
Indigenous culture in Los Arcos52.44% of the population is indigenous, and 23.17% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 1.22% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.Unemployment and the economy in Los Arcos
32.93% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (42.22% of the men, and 21.62% of the women).Housing and infrastructure in Los Arcos
In Los Arcos there are 30 housings. 0.00% of the housings have electricity, 0.00% have piped water, 94.12% have toilet or restroom, 41.18% have a radio receiver, 11.76% a television, 0.00% a fridge, 0.00% a washing-machine, 5.88% a car or a van, 0.00% a personal computer, 0.00% a landline telephone, 76.47% mobile phone, and 0.00% Internet access. PueblosAmerica.com has been offering reliable and updated information about Mexican towns and cities since 2007. All the data we present is sourced from official Mexican government sources and has been validated by multiple academic articles.. Learn more.
#3 Satellite photo of Los Arcos
With the satellite map of Los Arcos 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 Oaxaca de Juárez. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Los Arcos.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Los Arcos
Do you want to stay in Los Arcos? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Los Arcos:- MOTEL LOS PRETILES: 1 km away, direction Southwest (1 minutes by car)
- MOTEL LA ALMOHADA: 3 km away, direction West (2 minutes by car)
- PENSION OAXACA: 4 km away, direction Southwest (3 minutes by car)
- MOTEL DEL JARDÍN: 4 km away, direction West (3 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Los Arcos
A weekend in Los Arcos and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in Los Arcos and surroundings to find the best destinations.Mountains in Los Arcos for hiking and trails:
- Cerro Peña de San Felipe (3086 meters): 9.4 km walk (115 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro El Bonete (1901 meters): 10.0 km walk (123 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro El Carcamo (3042 meters): 11.3 km walk (234 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro El Gallo (1798 meters): 12.0 km walk (161 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Capulálpam de Méndez (Oaxaca): Don't miss "Parroquía de San Mateo", 81 km, heading Northeast (56 minutes by car)
- Viguera (8506 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the West (1 minutes by car)
- Camino al Seminario (Tercera Sección) (15 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (3 minutes by car)
- Colonia 17 de Marzo (212 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (3 minutes by car)
- Colonia Buena Vista (76 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (5 minutes by car)
- Colonia Jos Lpez Alavs (62 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (4 minutes by car)
#6 Pictures of Los Arcos
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Los Arcos? 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 Los Arcos.
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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 Oaxaca, by popular vote:
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez
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