Las Tortugas (Sonora)
Maps, pictures and statistics of Las Tortugas, a beautiful small village of 45 inhabitants of the State of Sonora
The town of Las Tortugas (Sonora) belongs to the municipality of Baviácora. There are 45 inhabitants and it is 544 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Ures is 76 minutes away by car (62 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #10 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In Las Tortugas, 100% of the inhabitants are catholic and 85% of the housings are equipped with a washing machine. At the bottom of this page you will find more information.
The town of Las Tortugas is located at 1.6 kilometers from Baviácora, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the North direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of Las Tortugas.
#1 Where is Las Tortugas? How to go? Map
Location map of Las Tortugas in Sonora: Use the controls in the upper left area to zoom in (+) or out (-). This is a satellite photo centered in Las Tortugas, which is marked with the following symbol
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#2 The population of Las Tortugas (Sonora) is 45 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 21 | 24 | 45 |
2010 | 23 | 22 | 45 |
2005 | 29 | 24 | 53 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.5 | 4.55 |
Population coming from outside the State of Sonora: | 6.67% | 2.22% |
Illiterate population: | 4.44% | 6.67% |
Illiterate population (men): | 2.22% | 4.55% |
Illiterate population (women): | 2.22% | 8.70% |
Schooling level: | 7.71 | 6.70 |
Schooling level (men): | 7 | 5.95 |
Schooling level (women): | 8.59 | 7.45 |
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: | 31.11% | 48.89% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 33.33% | 72.73% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 28.57% | 26.09% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 13 | 13 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with piped water: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 92.31% | 100.00% |
Homes with a radio: | 23.08% | 20.00% |
Homes with a television: | 76.92% | 100.00% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 92.31% | 100.00% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 84.62% | 70.00% |
Homes with a car: | 76.92% | 60.00% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 15.38% | 20.00% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 10.00% |
Homes with cell phones: | 92.31% | 80.00% |
Homes with Internet: | 15.38% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Las Tortugas
With the satellite map of Las Tortugas 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 Baviácora. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Las Tortugas.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Las Tortugas
Do you want to stay in Las Tortugas? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Las Tortugas:- HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO: 3 km away, direction Northwest (3 minutes by car)
- HOTEL PORTAL DEL RÍO: 3 km away, direction Northwest (2 minutes by car)
- MOTEL POSADA FAMILIAR: 6 km away, direction North (4 minutes by car)
- HOTEL LOS PAREDONES: 24 km away, direction Northwest (19 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Las Tortugas
A weekend in Las Tortugas and looking for tourist attractions? Tourism in Las Tortugas and surroundings to find the best destinations.Mountains in Las Tortugas for hiking and trails:
- Cerro Mordido (884 meters): 5.1 km walk (63 minutes), heading South.
- Cerro Baviacora (1173 meters): 5.0 km walk (99 minutes), heading West.
- Cerro El Tocapuchi (1098 meters): 6.4 km walk (87 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Cerro El Segundo Tocapuchi (1024 meters): 7.9 km walk (149 minutes), heading Southwest.
- Ures (Sonora): Don't miss "Teatro Jesús Ochoa", 76 km, heading Southwest (62 minutes by car)
- Suaqui (93 inhabitants): Located 2 km to the Southeast (2 minutes by car)
- Baviácora (1761 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northwest (4 minutes by car)
- La Capilla (87 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the Southeast (6 minutes by car)
- Satebachi (21 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the Northwest (7 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of Las Tortugas (Sonora)
In Las Tortugas 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 Las Tortugas, 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) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 5 | 9 | 14 |
#7 Pictures of Las Tortugas
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Las Tortugas? 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 Las Tortugas.
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#8 The Postal Code of Las Tortugas (Sonora) is 84954
Are you going to send a letter to Las Tortugas? Do you have a friend in Las Tortugas and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Las Tortugas consists of the following 5 digits: 84954. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Las Tortugas ("84") correspond to the state code of Sonora, 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 Baviácora
#10 Other towns in the Municipality of Baviácora
- Baviácora (1761 inhabitants)
- El Bagote (3 inhabitants)
- El Baviso (1 inhabitants)
- El Molinote (Hacienda la Concepción) (157 inhabitants)
- La Aurora (195 inhabitants)
- La Capilla (87 inhabitants)
- La Labor (63 inhabitants)
- La Noria de Lares (2 inhabitants)
- Las Tortugas (45 inhabitants)
- Las Tres Palmas (5 inhabitants)
- Los Horcones (3 inhabitants)
- Los Lobos (2 inhabitants)
- Los Puertecitos (El Puertecito) (19 inhabitants)
- Mazocahui (436 inhabitants)
- San José (San José de Baviácora) (278 inhabitants)