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San Marcos (Guerrero)

Maps, pictures and statistics of San Marcos, a beautiful large village of 628 inhabitants of the State of Guerrero

The town of San Marcos (Guerrero) belongs to the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez. There are 628 inhabitants and it is 1,383 meters altitude. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #23 in terms of number of inhabitants.

Last Update: 29.05.2024

Data: In San Marcos, 17% of individuals have completed secondary education and 1% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.

The town of San Marcos is located at 33.4 kilometers from Chilapa de Álvarez, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Northeast direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of San Marcos.

#1 Where is San Marcos? How to go? Map

Online map of San Marcos in Guerrero, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on

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#2 The population of San Marcos (Guerrero) is 628 inhabitants

Population data in San Marcos (Guerrero)

Year	Female Inhabitants	Male inhabitants	Total population
2020	326	302	628
2010	537	541	1078
2005	391	420	811

Evolution of the population in San Marcos: Total   Men   Women

Other demographic data in San Marcos:

	2020	2010
Fertility rate (children per woman):	3.24	38.26
Population coming from outside the State of Guerrero:	0.64%	0.09%
Illiterate population:	24.52%	39.42%
Illiterate population (men):	10.67%	38.26%
Illiterate population (women):	13.85%	40.60%
Schooling level:	3.89	1.81
Schooling level (men):	3.8	1.87
Schooling level (women):	3.97	1.75

Indigenous culture data in San Marcos:

	2020	2010
Percentage of indigenous population:	99.04%	100.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:	82.48%	86.46%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:	19.11%	56.96%

Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of San Marcos, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Guerrero, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez (statistics, pictures, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and housing data in San Marcos:

	2020	2010
Employed population over 12 years:	40.61%	26.62%
Employed population over 12 years (men):	58.28%	52.31%
Employed population over 12 years (women):	24.23%	0.74%
Number of inhabited private housings:	130	254
Homes with electricity:	96.92%	92.57%
Homes with piped water:	87.69%	97.52%
Homes with a toilet or sanitary facilities:	47.69%	52.48%
Homes with a radio:	18.46%	30.69%
Homes with a television:	64.62%	50.99%
Homes with a refrigerator:	42.31%	22.28%
Homes with a washing machine:	3.08%	0.00%
Homes with a car:	2.31%	2.97%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:	0.77%	0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:	6.15%	15.35%
Homes with cell phones:	72.31%	0.99%
Homes with Internet:	0.00%	0.00%

Comparison of percentages of single persons in San Marcos (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Guerrero, and with the total for the country.
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#3 Satellite photo of San Marcos

With the satellite map of San Marcos 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 Chilapa de Álvarez. Get free live access to satellite views of 2024 of San Marcos.

#4 Hotels and Accommodation near San Marcos

Do you want to stay in San Marcos? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to San Marcos:

• POSADA DE JUQUILA: 14 km away, direction East (11 minutes by car)
• HOTEL ACATEPEC: 17 km away, direction East (12 minutes by car)
• RENTA DE CUARTOS LOS TRES GARCIAS: 17 km away, direction North (13 minutes by car)
• HOTEL ZAPOTITLAN: 39 km away, direction East (33 minutes by car)

#5 What to do in San Marcos

Are you visiting and don't know what to do in San Marcos? The list of the best places to visit in San Marcos and nearby locations.
Las mejores montes de San Marcos para excursiones y actividades al aire libre:

• Tecomojapa (1266 meters): 3.8 km walk (50 minutes), heading West.
• Cerro El Mezcaltepec (2712 meters): 4.8 km walk (76 minutes), heading South.
• Ocotlapanca (1426 meters): 6.6 km walk (101 minutes), heading West.
• Cerro Azucuitlan (2059 meters): 5.5 km walk (80 minutes), heading East.

Are you looking for charming villages in the surroundings of San Marcos?:

• Tierra Blanca Ocotito (130 inhabitants): Located 1 km to the South (1 minutes by car)
• Tlayelpan (322 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the Northeast (3 minutes by car)
• Ahuexotitlán II (452 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the East (4 minutes by car)
• Tlalahuapan (334 inhabitants): Located 3 km to the North (3 minutes by car)

This information is based on geographical data. Distances may vary depending on terrain, driving style or walking conditions.

#6 Population pyramid of San Marcos (Guerrero)

In San Marcos 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 San Marcos, 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.

Data of the age pyramid of the town San Marcos (inhabitants year 2020)

Age range	Number of women	Number of men	Total population
Infants (0-5 years)	54	46	100
Youth (6-14 years)	75	68	143
Adults (15-59 years)	178	168	346
Elderly (60+ years)	19	20	39

#7 Pictures of San Marcos

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape pictures of San Marcos? 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 San Marcos.
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#8 The Postal Code of San Marcos (Guerrero) is 41118

Are you going to send a letter to San Marcos? Do you have a friend in San Marcos and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of San Marcos consists of the following 5 digits: 41118. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of San Marcos ("41") correspond to the state code of Guerrero, 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 San Marcos

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