El Refugio (Matehuala, San Luis Potosí)

Maps, photos and statistics of El Refugio, a beautiful small village of 115 inhabitants of the State of San Luis Potosí

The town of El Refugio is located in the Municipality of Matehuala (in the State of San Luis Potosí). There are 115 inhabitants. Of all the towns in the municipality, it occupies the number #50 in terms of number of inhabitants. El Refugio is at 1,606 meters of altitude.

Data: In El Refugio, 31% of individuals have completed secondary education and 9% of households have a personal computer, laptop or tablet. More interesting data at the bottom of this page.

The town of El Refugio is located at 7.2 kilometers from Matehuala, which is the most populated locality in the municipality, in the Northwest direction. If you browse our webpage, you will also find a map with the location of El Refugio.

#1 Where is El Refugio? How to get there? Map

Map to know how to get to El Refugio (San Luis Potosí) by road and with geographical references of the surrounding towns. With the controls you can zoom in and out to the position of El Refugio, which has the following symbol Map marker

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#2 The population of El Refugio (San Luis Potosí) is 115 inhabitants

Population data in El Refugio (Matehuala, San Luis Potosí)
YearFemale InhabitantsMale inhabitantsTotal population
20205362115
2010393776
2005474188
Evolution of the population in El Refugio: Total   Men   Women
Other demographic data in El Refugio:
20202010
Fertility rate (children per woman):2.8610.81
Population coming from outside the State of San Luis Potosí:3.48%0.00%
Illiterate population:13.04%9.21%
Illiterate population (men):8.70%10.81%
Illiterate population (women):4.35%7.69%
Schooling level:5.824.63
Schooling level (men):5.123.96
Schooling level (women):6.565.42
Indigenous culture data in El Refugio:
20202010
Percentage of indigenous population:0.00%0.00%
Percentage speaking an indigenous language:0.00%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 El Refugio, compared with its municipality, with the percentage in the State of San Luis Potosí, and in the country as a whole.

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Unemployment, economy and dwelling data in El Refugio:
20202010
Employed population over 12 years:40.87%27.63%
Employed population over 12 years (men):51.61%51.35%
Employed population over 12 years (women):28.30%5.13%
Number of inhabited private dwellings:3426
Homes with electricity:97.06%100.00%
Housing with piped water:82.35%94.12%
Dwellings with toilet or sanitary facilities:32.35%100.00%
Dwellings with radio:88.24%64.71%
Housing with television:82.35%82.35%
Housing with refrigerator:85.29%82.35%
Housing with washing machine:61.76%52.94%
Housing with automobile:38.24%23.53%
Households with personal computer, laptop or tablet:8.82%0.00%
Homes with landline telephone:5.88%0.00%
Dwellings with cellular phones:85.29%35.29%
Homes with Internet:11.76%0.00%
Comparison of percentages of single persons in El Refugio (over 12 years), comparing the same percentage with the municipality, with the State of San Luis Potosí, and with the total for the country.

#3 Satellite photo of El Refugio

Amazing satellite GPS maps of El Refugio, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Matehuala. You can search free satellite map (2024) of El Refugio.



#4 Hotels and Accommodation near El Refugio

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

#5 Population pyramid of El Refugio (San Luis Potosí)

We have compiled data on number of inhabitants of El Refugio 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 El Refugio there is a generational replacement.

Population pyramid of El Refugio
Data of the age pyramid of the town El Refugio (inhabitants year 2020)
Age rangeNumber of womenNumber of menTotal population
Infants (0-5 years)41115
Youth (6-14 years)8816
Adults (15-59 years)383775
Elderly (60+ years)369

#6 Photos of El Refugio

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#9 Other towns in the Municipality of Matehuala

  1. Ampliación de San Rafael (45 inhabitants)
  2. Arroyito del Agua (235 inhabitants)
  3. El Durazno (13 inhabitants)
  4. El Refugio (11 inhabitants)
  5. El Vaquero (29 inhabitants)
  6. Fraccionamiento Gertrudis (2 inhabitants)
  7. La Caja (182 inhabitants)
  8. Mi Ranchito (Hermanos García) (7 inhabitants)
  9. Paradero Ejido Pastoriza (62 inhabitants)
  10. Rancho San Ramón (2 inhabitants)
  11. San Pedro (- inhabitants)
  12. San Ramón (Campestre) (235 inhabitants)
  13. Santa Bárbara (20 inhabitants)
  14. Santa Cruz (558 inhabitants)
  15. Zacatequitas (El Pedregal) (- inhabitants)