Piedras Negras (Oaxaca)
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The place of Piedras Negras is inside the municipality of San José Tenango (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 306 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #13 of the whole municipality. Piedras Negras is at 848 meters of altitude.
Data: In Piedras Negras, 17% of individuals have completed secondary education and 3% 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 Piedras Negras is located at 1.8 kilometers (in direction Northwest) 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 Piedras Negras.
#1 Where is Piedras Negras? How to go? Map
What is the route to get to Piedras Negras (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 Piedras Negras (Oaxaca) is 306 inhabitants
| Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 171 | 135 | 306 |
| 2010 | 155 | 144 | 299 |
| 2005 | 149 | 138 | 287 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.91 | 15.97 |
| Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 5.56% | 7.69% |
| Illiterate population: | 18.63% | 23.41% |
| Illiterate population (men): | 5.56% | 15.97% |
| Illiterate population (women): | 13.07% | 30.32% |
| Schooling level: | 5.78 | 4.78 |
| Schooling level (men): | 6.57 | 5.24 |
| Schooling level (women): | 5.17 | 4.39 |
| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of indigenous population: | 98.69% | 100.00% |
| Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 83.01% | 86.96% |
| Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 15.36% | 20.74% |
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| 2020 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Employed population over 12 years: | 23.86% | 23.08% |
| Employed population over 12 years (men): | 40.74% | 39.58% |
| Employed population over 12 years (women): | 10.53% | 7.74% |
| Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 87 | 100 |
| Homes with electricity: | 86.21% | 57.89% |
| Housing with piped water: | 52.87% | 35.53% |
| Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 57.47% | 96.05% |
| Dwellings with radio: | 34.48% | 59.21% |
| Housing with television: | 60.92% | 44.74% |
| Housing with refrigerator: | 24.14% | 22.37% |
| Housing with washing machine: | 11.49% | 5.26% |
| Housing with automobile: | 5.75% | 6.58% |
| Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 3.45% | 0.00% |
| Homes with landline telephone: | 1.15% | 0.00% |
| Dwellings with cellular phones: | 32.18% | 0.00% |
| Homes with Internet: | 18.39% | 0.00% |
#3 Satellite photo of Piedras Negras
Amazing satellite GPS maps of Piedras Negras, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of San José Tenango. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Piedras Negras.
#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Piedras Negras
Do you want to stay in Piedras Negras? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Piedras Negras:- HOTEL SAN JOSE"": 3 km away, direction Northeast (2 minutes by car)
- CASA DE HUÉSPEDES: 19 km away, direction West (14 minutes by car)
- HOTEL POSADA SAN ANTONIO: 17 km away, direction West (13 minutes by car)
- HOTEL 1 DE MAYO: 16 km away, direction West (12 minutes by car)
#5 Population pyramid of Piedras Negras (Oaxaca)
In Piedras Negras 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 Piedras Negras, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infants (0-5 years) | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| Youth (6-14 years) | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Adults (15-59 years) | 97 | 63 | 160 |
| Elderly (60+ years) | 29 | 34 | 63 |
#6 Photos of Piedras Negras
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