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San Luis Tecuhautitlán

México, Mexico · North America

About San Luis Tecuhautitlán

San Luis Tecuhautitlán is worth a stop: 10 minutes from San Miguel Atlamajac, 10km from Teotihuacan.

San Luis Tecuhautitlán is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 5,694, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, San Luis Tecuhautitlán 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 Luis Tecuhautitlán to your route.

About San Luis Tecuhautitlán

Temascalapa is a city in the State of Mexico in Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located to the north of Mexico City and in the west of the municipality, close to the border with the state of Hidalgo and connected with the city of Tizayuca by land. This

Read more locality was formerly known as San Francisco Temascalapa. The municipality covers an area of 168.26 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 33,063. The region is noted for drug cartel activity after the death of Netflix's location scout, Carlos Muñoz Portal, for the TV Series Narcos: Mexico, who was found dead in his car with multiple gunshot wounds on September 15, 2017. Martha Rodríguez Martínez, a member of the Temascalapa city council, died on January 31, 2021, after being run over by a tractor-trailer that refused to stop while the mayor carried out an awareness-raising operation about health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

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Where is San Luis Tecuhautitlán located?

San Luis Tecuhautitlán is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.7674 latitude, -98.8887 longitude.

What is the population of San Luis Tecuhautitlán?

San Luis Tecuhautitlán has a population of approximately 5,694 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
5,694
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
México
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.7674, -98.8887

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 San Luis Tecuhautitlán

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.

10 km · about 20 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.

35 km · about 40 min drive

cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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

39 km · about 45 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.

45 km · about 50 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.

45 km · about 50 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.

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.

46 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.

47 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near San Luis Tecuhautitlán

  • 80 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.

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