Palo Gordo (San José Tenango, Oaxaca)

Maps, photos and statistics of Palo Gordo, a beautiful small village of 97 inhabitants of the State of Oaxaca

The place of Palo Gordo is inside the municipality of San José Tenango (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 97 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #66 of the whole municipality. Palo Gordo is at 1,258 meters of altitude.

Data: In Palo Gordo, 13% 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 Palo Gordo is located at 4.3 kilometers (in direction North) from the locality of San José Tenango, 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 Palo Gordo.

#1 Where is Palo Gordo? How to go? Map

Map to know how to get to Palo Gordo (Oaxaca) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of Palo Gordo, which has the following symbol Map marker

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#2 The population of Palo Gordo (Oaxaca) is 97 inhabitants

Population data in Palo Gordo (San José Tenango, Oaxaca)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
2020554297
2010504696
20055860118
Evolution of the population in Palo Gordo: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in Palo Gordo:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):3.4717.39
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca:4.12%0.00%
Illiterate population:19.59%21.88%
Illiterate population (men):6.19%17.39%
Illiterate population (women):13.40%26.00%
Schooling level:4.683.38
Schooling level (men):5.143.69
Schooling level (women):4.273.07
Indigenous culture data in Palo Gordo:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:100.00%100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:85.57%89.58%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:28.87%31.25%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Palo Gordo, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Oaxaca, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Palo Gordo:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:36.08%27.08%
Employed population over 12 years (men):54.76%52.17%
Employed population over 12 years (women):21.82%4.00%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:2427
Homes with electricity:91.67%89.47%
Housing with piped water:0.00%0.00%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:37.50%100.00%
Dwellings with radio:29.17%68.42%
Housing with television:45.83%42.11%
Housing with refrigerator:8.33%0.00%
Housing with washing machine:0.00%0.00%
Housing with automobile:8.33%0.00%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:0.00%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:0.00%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:4.17%0.00%
Homes with Internet:4.17%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Palo Gordo (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Oaxaca, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of Palo Gordo

With the satellite map of Palo Gordo 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 José Tenango. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of Palo Gordo.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Palo Gordo

Many people want to stay in the town of Palo Gordo 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.:

#5 Population pyramid of Palo Gordo (Oaxaca)

In Palo Gordo 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 Gordo, 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.

Population pyramid of Palo Gordo
Data of the age pyramid of the town Palo Gordo (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)10717
Youth (6-14 years)12618
Adults (15-59 years)232447
Elderly (60+ years)10515

#6 Photos of Palo Gordo

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#9 Other towns in the Municipality of San José Tenango

  1. Agua de la Fuente (41 inhabitants)
  2. Agua Fría (351 inhabitants)
  3. Agua Pescadito (16 inhabitants)
  4. Agua Platanillo (89 inhabitants)
  5. Agua Rayón (6 inhabitants)
  6. Agua Urraca (27 inhabitants)
  7. Barrio San Jerónimo (91 inhabitants)
  8. Cabeza de Tierra (87 inhabitants)
  9. Cerro Grande (29 inhabitants)
  10. Cerro Relámpago (19 inhabitants)
  11. Palo Zorrillo (14 inhabitants)
  12. Piedra Ancha (84 inhabitants)
  13. Rancho Avendaño (19 inhabitants)
  14. Rancho Cerro Verde (69 inhabitants)
  15. Rancho Guadalupe (153 inhabitants)