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San Juan Tilcuautla

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About San Juan Tilcuautla

San Juan Tilcuautla is worth a stop: 10 minutes from La Estanzuela, 28km from Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla.

San Juan Tilcuautla is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 2,630, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, San Juan Tilcuautla 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 San Juan Tilcuautla to your route.

About San Juan Tilcuautla

Mineral del Chico (Spanish: [mineˈɾal del ˈtʃiko] ) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 118.2 km2. The town was founded in 1569 and became one of the Pueblos Mágicos in 2011. The Parish of Imaculate Conseption stands in center of town.

Read more The first chapel was built around the founding of the town in 1569. It was later demolished and the current chapel was built in its place in 1725, being remodeled in 1819. The fountain to the chapels side was built in 1886. Two years later, in 1888 the clock on the side of the church was built As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 7,980.

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San Juan Tilcuautla is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.1587 latitude, -98.8011 longitude.

What is the population of San Juan Tilcuautla?

San Juan Tilcuautla has a population of approximately 2,630 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
2,630
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
20.1587, -98.8011

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 San Juan Tilcuautla

5 notable places within an hour's 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.

13 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Huasca de Ocampo

Mexico's first designated Pueblo Mágico, a Hidalgo village of red-tiled roofs beside the 18th-century Santa María Regla and San Miguel Regla silver haciendas, now set among reservoirs and basalt canyons.

24 km · about 30 min drive

natural wonder

Prismas Basálticos de Santa María Regla

Columnar basalt gorge walls with waterfalls near Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, reached by road from Pachuca with visitor parking.

28 km · about 30 min 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.

52 km · about 60 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.

58 km · about 65 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

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

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