Tanques (Sinaloa)

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The town of Tanques is located in the Municipality of Elota (in the State of Sinaloa). There are 1,919 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #3 of the ranking. Tanques is at 19 meters of altitude.

Data: In Tanques, 31% of the population over 12 years is single and 10% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.

Do you want to locate the town of Tanques? You can find it at 20.1 kilometers, in direction Southwest, from the town of La Cruz, which has the largest population within the municipality. To enjoy the Tanques location through satellite images, at the bottom of our webpage you have an interactive map.

#1 Where is Tanques? How to get there? Map

What is the route to get to Tanques (Sinaloa)? Find out on this map the access to this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in and out to the icon Map marker

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#2 The population of Tanques (Sinaloa) is 1,919 inhabitants

Population data in Tanques (Sinaloa)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20209389811919
20108128401652
20057577671524
Evolution of the population in Tanques: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in Tanques:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.777.50
Population coming from outside the State of Sinaloa:21.83%19.73%
Illiterate population:3.96%6.42%
Illiterate population (men):2.24%7.50%
Illiterate population (women):1.72%5.30%
Schooling level:8.016.89
Schooling level (men):7.866.65
Schooling level (women):8.157.14
Indigenous culture data in Tanques:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:0.47%0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.26%0.00%
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish:0.00%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of indigenous population in the town of Tanques, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of Sinaloa, and in the country as a whole.

Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of Elota (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.

Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in Tanques:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:47.79%30.51%
Employed population over 12 years (men):58.51%47.86%
Employed population over 12 years (women):36.57%12.56%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:473464
Homes with electricity:99.37%100.00%
Housing with piped water:99.58%99.21%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:92.60%95.54%
Dwellings with radio:24.52%53.02%
Housing with television:89.01%93.70%
Housing with refrigerator:94.93%96.59%
Housing with washing machine:68.92%70.87%
Housing with automobile:42.71%45.14%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:13.53%8.40%
Homes with landline telephone:6.55%32.02%
Dwellings with cellular phones:91.33%65.62%
Homes with Internet:9.94%0.52%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in Tanques (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of Sinaloa, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of Tanques

With the satellite map of Tanques 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 Elota. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Tanques.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near Tanques

Do you want to stay in Tanques? We don't have any hotel registered in this town, but you can check in this list of the closest accommodations to Tanques:
  • MOTEL: 28 km away, direction Southeast (22 minutes by car)
  • MOTEL LIBRANZA: 29 km away, direction Southeast (23 minutes by car)
  • MOTEL MORGAN: 32 km away, direction Southeast (25 minutes by car)
  • HOTEL LAS PALMAS: 32 km away, direction Southeast (21 minutes by car)

#5 Population pyramid of Tanques (Sinaloa)

In Tanques 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 Tanques, 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 Tanques
Data of the age pyramid of the town Tanques (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)100112212
Youth (6-14 years)177184361
Adults (15-59 years)5575711,128
Elderly (60+ years)104114218

#6 Photos of Tanques

Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Tanques? 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 photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like Tanques.

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#7 The Postal Code of Tanques (Sinaloa) is 82770

Are you going to send a letter to Tanques? Do you have a friend in Tanques and want to send them a gift through the postal service? The Postal Code of Tanques consists of the following 5 digits: 82770. If you want to know more about how Post Codes are determined in Mexico, the first two postal digits of Tanques ("82") correspond to the state code of Sinaloa, 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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#11 Other towns in the Municipality of Elota

  1. Aguapepe (200 inhabitants)
  2. Benito Juárez (138 inhabitants)
  3. Campo Nuevo Caimanes (- inhabitants)
  4. Herbaco (- inhabitants)
  5. El Chirimole (63 inhabitants)
  6. El Coacoyol (7 inhabitants)
  7. El Sabinal (112 inhabitants)
  8. El Yaco (Tonjul) (- inhabitants)
  9. Higuera de los López (30 inhabitants)
  10. La Pitahayita (- inhabitants)
  11. Las Aguamitas (3 inhabitants)
  12. Lomalinda (- inhabitants)
  13. Los Majaguales (- inhabitants)
  14. Potrerillo del Norote (1671 inhabitants)
  15. Rincón de Ibonía (189 inhabitants)