Palo Colorado (Guanajuato)
Maps, pictures and statistics of Palo Colorado, a beautiful large village of 1,276 inhabitants of the State of Guanajuato
The town of Palo Colorado (Guanajuato) belongs to the municipality of San Miguel de Allende. There are 1,276 inhabitants and it is 2,010 meters altitude. The Magical Town of Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nal is 51 minutes away by car (39 km). Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #11 in terms of number of inhabitants.
Data: In Palo Colorado, 30% of individuals have completed secondary education and 2% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.
The town of Palo Colorado is located at 10.4 kilometers from San Miguel de Allende, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the South direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of Palo Colorado.
#1 Where is Palo Colorado? How to go? Map
Online map of Palo Colorado in Guanajuato, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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#2 The population of Palo Colorado (Guanajuato) is 1,276 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 664 | 612 | 1276 |
2010 | 616 | 556 | 1172 |
2005 | 410 | 337 | 747 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.89 | 6.65 |
Population coming from outside the State of Guanajuato: | 0.24% | 0.68% |
Illiterate population: | 9.33% | 10.75% |
Illiterate population (men): | 3.45% | 6.65% |
Illiterate population (women): | 5.88% | 14.45% |
Schooling level: | 6.04 | 4.59 |
Schooling level (men): | 5.85 | 4.48 |
Schooling level (women): | 6.21 | 4.68 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 0.43% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 0.17% |
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: | 37.38% | 24.15% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 54.90% | 36.51% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 21.23% | 12.99% |
Number of inhabited private housings: | 293 | 223 |
Homes with electricity: | 99.66% | 87.74% |
Homes with piped water: | 96.59% | 93.40% |
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities: | 67.24% | 35.38% |
Homes with a radio: | 59.73% | 75.94% |
Homes with a television: | 82.59% | 90.57% |
Homes with a refrigerator: | 70.31% | 45.75% |
Homes with a washing machine: | 33.79% | 13.68% |
Homes with a car: | 16.72% | 18.40% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 1.71% | 0.47% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 0.00% | 5.19% |
Homes with cell phones: | 68.60% | 50.00% |
Homes with Internet: | 2.39% | 0.47% |
#3 Satellite photo of Palo Colorado
With the satellite map of Palo Colorado 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 San Miguel de Allende. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Palo Colorado.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Palo Colorado
Do you want to stay in Palo Colorado? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Palo Colorado:- HOTEL HACIENDA LAS NUBES: 9 km away, direction West (8 minutes by car)
- HOTEL HACIENDA TABOADA: 11 km away, direction Southwest (9 minutes by car)
- HOTEL POSADA MARGARITA: 14 km away, direction South (11 minutes by car)
- HOTEL CORREGIDORA: 14 km away, direction South (12 minutes by car)
#5 What to do in Palo Colorado
Want to know what to see in Palo Colorado if you are visiting this town?Here are some ideas of activities to enjoy Palo Colorado.Las mejores montes de Palo Colorado para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:
- Cerro El Palo Colorado (2333 meters): 3.1 km walk (38 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Mesa El Peñón (2209 meters): 8.2 km walk (155 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Loma La Trinidad (2181 meters): 9.2 km walk (167 minutes), heading Northeast.
- Cerro del Cuache (2149 meters): 9.4 km walk (140 minutes), heading East.
- Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nal (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Museo del Bicentenario", 51 km, heading Northwest (39 minutes by car)
- Comonfort (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Centro Histórico", 57 km, heading South (44 minutes by car)
- Mineral de Pozos (Guanajuato): Don't miss "Capilla de San Antonio de Padua", 54 km, heading Northeast (54 minutes by car)
- La Cantera (45 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the South (3 minutes by car)
- Los Charcos (87 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the West (6 minutes by car)
- La Mesita (32 inhabitants): Located 4 km to the South (4 minutes by car)
- Marroquín de Abajo (301 inhabitants): Located 6 km to the South (6 minutes by car)
#6 Population pyramid of Palo Colorado (Guanajuato)
In Palo Colorado 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 Palo Colorado, 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) | 100 | 108 | 208 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 122 | 130 | 252 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 398 | 334 | 732 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 44 | 40 | 84 |
#7 Pictures of Palo Colorado
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of Palo Colorado? 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 Palo Colorado.
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#8 The Postal Code of Palo Colorado (Guanajuato) is 37887
Are you going to send a letter to Palo Colorado? Do you have a friend in Palo Colorado and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Palo Colorado consists of the following 5 digits: 37887. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Palo Colorado ("37") correspond to the state code of Guanajuato, 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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#10 Schools in Palo Colorado
>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of San Miguel de Allende
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