Zihuatanejo (Guerrero)
The most complete information about the city of Zihuatanejo (photos, maps, statistics, population) on a single page.
Did you know that this town in Guerrero has 70,760 inhabitants?
The place of Zihuatanejo is inside the municipality of José Azueta (in the State of Guerrero). There are 70,760 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #1 of the whole municipality. Zihuatanejo is at 9 meters of altitude.
Data: In Zihuatanejo, 31% of the population over 12 years is single and 59% of the households have Internet connection. More statistics at the bottom of this page.
#1 Where is Zihuatanejo? How to go? Map
Map to know how to get to Zihuatanejo (Guerrero) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of Zihuatanejo, which has the following symbol
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#2 The population of Zihuatanejo (Guerrero) is 70,760 inhabitants
Year | Female Inhabitants | Male inhabitants | Total population |
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2020 | 36613 | 34147 | 70760 |
2010 | 34513 | 32895 | 67408 |
2005 | 31861 | 30515 | 62376 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Fertility rate (children per woman): | 2.06 | 3.13 |
Population coming from outside the State of Guerrero: | 9.68% | 11.45% |
Illiterate population: | 3.76% | 4.25% |
Illiterate population (men): | 1.37% | 3.13% |
Illiterate population (women): | 2.40% | 5.32% |
Schooling level: | 9.52 | 8.76 |
Schooling level (men): | 9.69 | 8.99 |
Schooling level (women): | 9.36 | 8.56 |
2020 | 2010 | |
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Percentage of indigenous population: | 5.19% | 4.90% |
Percentage speaking an indigenous language: | 2.51% | 2.41% |
Percentage who speak an indigenous language and do not speak Spanish: | 0.03% | 0.02% |
Find out more interesting facts about all the towns in the Municipality of José Azueta (statistics, photos, maps, restaurants...) at this link.
2020 | 2010 | |
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Employed population over 12 years: | 51.69% | 44.22% |
Employed population over 12 years (men): | 59.08% | 55.54% |
Employed population over 12 years (women): | 44.79% | 33.43% |
Number of inhabited private dwellings: | 20,882 | 22,182 |
Homes with electricity: | 99.49% | 98.64% |
Housing with piped water: | 91.57% | 73.16% |
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities: | 98.87% | 97.13% |
Dwellings with radio: | 61.05% | 66.80% |
Housing with television: | 89.51% | 94.21% |
Housing with refrigerator: | 92.73% | 88.17% |
Housing with washing machine: | 68.65% | 64.26% |
Housing with automobile: | 29.95% | 30.02% |
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet: | 32.50% | 29.42% |
Homes with landline telephone: | 26.12% | 38.81% |
Dwellings with cellular phones: | 94.69% | 81.75% |
Homes with Internet: | 58.75% | 22.15% |
#3 Satellite photo of Zihuatanejo
Amazing satellite GPS maps of Zihuatanejo, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of José Azueta. You can search free satellite map (2024) of Zihuatanejo.
#4 Population pyramid of Zihuatanejo (Guerrero)
We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of Zihuatanejo by age and sex, to show you the following population pyramid of the town, from the year 2005. You can check how the percentages of children and adults are distributed, in addition to women and men. With this data you can analyze the demographic structure, and know if in Zihuatanejo there is a generational replacement.
Age range | Number of women | Number of men | Total population |
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Infants (0-5 years) | 3,533 | 3,827 | 7,360 |
Youth (6-14 years) | 5,291 | 5,508 | 10,799 |
Adults (15-59 years) | 23,879 | 21,284 | 45,163 |
Elderly (60+ years) | 3,910 | 3,528 | 7,438 |
#5 Photos of Zihuatanejo
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Zihuatanejo? 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 Zihuatanejo.
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#10 Hotels & Accommodation in Zihuatanejo
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#12 Local food places, eat out, restaurants in Zihuatanejo
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>>> Map with all the towns inside the municipality of José Azueta
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- El Abrojal (- inhabitants)
- El Bocote (- inhabitants)
- El Guayabal (38 inhabitants)
- El Nanchal (- inhabitants)
- El Varillo (El Barillo) (5 inhabitants)
- El Zapote (3 inhabitants)
- La Argentina (- inhabitants)
- La Rayanera (- inhabitants)
- Las Cucharas (21 inhabitants)
- Las Huertas (23 inhabitants)
- Los Reyes (Las Chiveras) (861 inhabitants)
- Mesa del Mango (7 inhabitants)
- San Ignacio (85 inhabitants)