Guanajuato, Mexico · North America
Atarjea is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Agua Fría, 39km from Puente de Dios.
Atarjea is a town located in Guanajuato, Mexico. With a population of 389, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Atarjea sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Atarjea to your route.
Atarjea is a Mexican city and municipality located in the easternmost region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 318 square kilometres (1.04% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the east and south by theRead more
state of Querétaro, and to the west by Xichú. The municipality had a population of 5,198 according to the 2005 census.
The name of the municipality is of Otomí origin and means "Where they go to drink water."
The municipal president of Atarjea and its many smaller outlying communities is Guadalupe Flores Loyola.
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Atarjea is located in Guanajuato, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 21.2667 latitude, -99.7202 longitude.
Atarjea has a population of approximately 389 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
mountain pass
Querétaro's rugged mountain reserve, crossed by a serpentine highway that drops from pine forest to semi-desert and links five 18th-century Franciscan missions. Mexico's most ecologically diverse protected area.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
The Sierra Gorda's main town, built around Junípero Serra's 1751–58 mission whose facade mixes Franciscan Baroque with unmistakably indigenous iconography: the first and most famous of the five UNESCO missions.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A natural rock bridge over a turquoise river pool illuminated by sunbeams filtering through a cave opening, creating an ethereal light show.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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