El Puertecito (Oaxaca)
The most complete information about the small village of El Puertecito (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Oaxaca has 70 inhabitants?
You may know it as Santa Elena (El Puertecito).
The town of El Puertecito is located in the Municipality of Santa María Colotepec (in the State of Oaxaca). There are 70 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #46 of the ranking. El Puertecito is at 4 meters of altitude.
This town has recently changed its name. It used to be known as Santa Elena (El Puertecito). This town decided to change its name in the year 2020.
Data: In El Puertecito, there is a percentage of 0% of indigenous population and 74% of the households have a cell phone. Need more statistics on El Puertecito? They are at the bottom of this page.
Do you want to locate the town of El Puertecito? You can find it at 19.2 kilometers, in direction Northeast, from the town of Brisas de Zicatela, which has the largest population within the municipality. And with respect to Santa María Colotepec, which is the capital of the municipality, it is located at Northeast, at 22.3 kilometers. To enjoy the El Puertecito location through satellite images, at the bottom of our webpage you have an interactive map.
Where is El Puertecito? How to get there? Map
Online map of El Puertecito in Oaxaca, with an interactive cartography with which you can see closely the town, centered on
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The population of El Puertecito (Oaxaca) is 70 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 33 | 37 | 70 |
2010 | 38 | 43 | 81 |
2005 | 45 | 38 | 83 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.75 | 4.65 |
Population coming from outside the State of Oaxaca: | 5.71% | 0.00% |
Illiterate population: | 1.43% | 3.70% |
Illiterate population (men): | 1.43% | 4.65% |
Illiterate population (women): | 0.00% | 2.63% |
Schooling level: | 7.55 | 6.65 |
Schooling level (men): | 8.04 | 7 |
Schooling level (women): | 7.04 | 6.31 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 0.00% | 8.64% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 0.00% | 1.23% |
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: | 37.14% | 28.40% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 51.35% | 51.16% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 21.21% | 2.63% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 19 | 21 |
Homes with electricity: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Housing with piped water: | 100.00% | 88.24% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 100.00% | 82.35% |
Dwellings with radio: | 52.63% | 70.59% |
Housing with television: | 63.16% | 64.71% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 84.21% | 76.47% |
Housing with washing machine: | 84.21% | 47.06% |
Housing with automobile: | 52.63% | 35.29% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 15.79% | 5.88% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 5.26% | 17.65% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 73.68% | 29.41% |
Homes with Internet: | 21.05% | 0.00% |
Satellite photo of El Puertecito
Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Puertecito, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Santa María Colotepec. Get free live access to satellite views of 2023 of El Puertecito.
Population pyramid of El Puertecito (Oaxaca)
In El Puertecito 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 El Puertecito, 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) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 20 | 21 | 41 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Photos of El Puertecito
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The Postal Code of El Puertecito (Oaxaca) is 70937
Do you want to know the Postal Code of El Puertecito so that you can send postal packages and letters with complete confidence that they will arrive at their destination? Write down the following 5 digits: 70937. The first two digits of the ZIP code of El Puertecito ("70") correspond to the State of Oaxaca, and the last three identify the town itself. As a curiosity, there may be several locations in the same State with the same Post Code.
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