![Title: [General Alvaro Obregon, President-Elect of Mexico]
Creator: P & A Photo
Date: July 2, 1928
Part Of: American border troops and the Mexican Revolution
Place: Cajeune, Mexico
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 22 x 17 cm
File: ag1982_0015_065r_obregon_opt.jpg
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Álvaro Obregón
Puebla, Mexico · North America
About Álvaro Obregón
Álvaro Obregón is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San José Carpinteros, 42km from Great Pyramid of Cholula.
Álvaro Obregón is in Puebla, Mexico, with about 1,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San José Carpinteros, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Álvaro Obregón?
Within an hour or so of Álvaro Obregón: Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (9 km), Puebla Cathedral (31 km), Museo Amparo (31 km), Puebla (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Álvaro Obregón?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Álvaro Obregón?
Álvaro Obregón is in Puebla, Mexico, about 4 km from San José Carpinteros.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,641
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Puebla
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 19.0278, -97.9022
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Álvaro Obregón
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Puebla Cathedral
A Renaissance cathedral on Puebla's Zócalo with Mexico's tallest bell towers, in a UNESCO-listed historic centre off Highway 150D.
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Museo Amparo
Two 16th–18th-century buildings in central Puebla housing one of Mexico's finest pre-Hispanic collections alongside colonial art, with a modern rooftop terrace looking straight across at the cathedral towers and Popocatépetl.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Puebla
A UNESCO-listed colonial city famous for its Talavera tiles, baroque churches, mole poblano cuisine, and views of snow-capped volcanoes.
32 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
Great Pyramid of Cholula
The largest pyramid by volume in the world, topped by a Spanish colonial church, with tunnels revealing layers of ancient construction.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Álvaro Obregón
- 78 kmPaso de CortésThe 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
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