ancient ruins
El Tajín
UNESCO-listed pre-Hispanic city in the Veracruz jungle, famed for the Pyramid of the Niches with its 365 recessed windows and the flying voladores ritual performed at its gates.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Puebla, Mexico · North America
Huitzilac sits on the route: 15 minutes from Jaltocan, 42km from El Tajín.
Huitzilac is a town located in Puebla, Mexico. With a population of 1,188, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Huitzilac 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 Huitzilac to your route.
Huitzilac is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 19°01′42″N 99°16′02″W and at an altitude of 2,561 m (8,402 ft) above sea level.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. With a 2020 census population of 5,347 inhabitants, it is theRead more
second-largest city (locality) in the municipality, after the town of Tres Marías.
The municipality reported 24,515 inhabitants in the 2020 census.
The name is a Spanish-language adaptation of a Nahuatl toponym meaning "in the water of the humming-birds".
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Huitzilac is located in Puebla, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.6067 latitude, -97.7421 longitude.
Huitzilac has a population of approximately 1,188 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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ancient ruins
UNESCO-listed pre-Hispanic city in the Veracruz jungle, famed for the Pyramid of the Niches with its 365 recessed windows and the flying voladores ritual performed at its gates.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A Totonac hill town in Veracruz's vanilla country, where the Voladores spin down from a 30 m pole beside the church and a huge mural-carved monument to the ritual crowns the hill above the plaza.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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