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Jacala

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About Jacala

Jacala sits on the route: 25 minutes from Landa de Matamoros, 45km from Grutas Tolantongo.

Jacala is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 4,415, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Jacala 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 Jacala to your route.

About Jacala

Jacala, officially Jacala de Ledezma , is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The town serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which covers an area of 346.9 km2 (133.9 sq mi). As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of

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Where is Jacala located?

Jacala is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 21.0095 latitude, -99.1913 longitude.

What is the population of Jacala?

Jacala has a population of approximately 4,415 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
4,415
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
21.0095, -99.1913

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Mexico

Police
911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
right

Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.

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Worth the detour from Jacala

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Jalpan de Serra

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.

37 km · about 45 min drive

natural wonder

Grutas Tolantongo

A Hidalgo canyon where thermal springs pour out of the cliff into dozens of stacked turquoise infinity pools, plus a steaming cave and a tunnel that showers hot water from its walls. The access road is a spectacular switchback descent.

45 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Las Pozas

Edward James's surrealist concrete garden in the Huasteca jungle: 36 hectares of staircases climbing into nothing, roofless pavilions and flower-shaped columns threaded between natural waterfalls and pools.

48 km · about 55 min drive

mountain pass

Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve

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.

60 km · about 70 min drive

Driving roads near Jacala

  • 60 kmSierra Gorda Biosphere ReserveQuerétaro'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.

When to drive here

Year-round

Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Jacala.

Landa de Matamoros

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🇲🇽 Mexico

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Pisaflores

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San Juan Ahuehueco

🇲🇽 Mexico

30 km awayPop. 1,535

Cuazahuatl

🇲🇽 Mexico

32 km awayPop. 1,049

Francisco I. Madero

🇲🇽 Mexico

34 km awayPop. 1,017

La Reforma

🇲🇽 Mexico

34 km awayPop. 1,212

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