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Otumba

México, Mexico · North America

About Otumba

Otumba is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Pablo Ixquitlán, 9km from Teotihuacan.

Otumba is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 10,097, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Otumba 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 Otumba to your route.

About Otumba

Otumba is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipal seat and largest town is Otumba de Gómez Farías. The municipality of Otumba has a land area of some 143.42 square kilometres (55 mi2), and a population recorded in the intermedial 2005 census, the Conteo de Población y Vivienda, of 29,873.

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Where is Otumba located?

Otumba is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.6999 latitude, -98.7564 longitude.

What is the population of Otumba?

Otumba has a population of approximately 10,097 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
10,097
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
México
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.6999, -98.7564

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Mexico

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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 Otumba

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

ancient ruins

Teotihuacan

The massive pre-Aztec city featuring the towering Pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the grand Avenue of the Dead, once one of the largest cities in the ancient world.

9 km · about 15 min drive

cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The world's most-visited Catholic pilgrimage site, receiving over 10 million visitors annually.

45 km · about 50 min drive

racetrack

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

The Mexico City circuit hosting the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, built around the Foro Sol stadium section.

48 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución)

One of the largest public plazas in the world and the historic heart of Mexico City, surrounded by the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral.

49 km · about 55 min drive

cathedral

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

The largest cathedral in the Americas, built over three centuries on the north side of the Zócalo in central Mexico City.

49 km · about 55 min drive

museum

Museo Nacional del Virreinato

A vast former Jesuit college at Tepotzotlán whose Church of San Francisco Javier holds Mexico's most overwhelming set of gilded Churrigueresque altarpieces: a wall-to-wall gold explosion, plus colonial art across the cloisters.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Mineral del Monte (Real del Monte)

Hidalgo's "Little Cornwall" at 2,700 m: red-roofed houses, a Cornish cemetery whose graves face England, and 30 bakeries selling pastes, the Mexican descendant of the Cornish pasty.

50 km · about 55 min drive

restaurant

Casa de los Azulejos

An 18th-century Mexico City palace sheathed on three sides in blue-and-white Puebla Talavera tile, its glass-roofed courtyard now the flagship Sanborns restaurant: breakfast under Orozco's staircase mural.

50 km · about 60 min drive

Driving roads near Otumba

  • 69 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.

When to drive here

Year-round

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

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Otumba.

Axapusco

🇲🇽 Mexico

3 km awayPop. 3,324

Cuautlacingo

🇲🇽 Mexico

3 km awayPop. 3,428

San Pablo Ixquitlán

🇲🇽 Mexico

4 km awayPop. 1,928

San Martín Ahuatepec

🇲🇽 Mexico

4 km awayPop. 1,651

Santiago Tolman

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 4,402

San Francisco Tlaltica

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 2,095

San Miguel Atepoxco

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 1,231

Colonia los Remedios

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 1,206

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