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Santa María Palapa

México, Mexico · North America

About Santa María Palapa

Santa María Palapa is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Martín de las Pirámides, 5km from Teotihuacan.

Santa María Palapa is a town located in México, Mexico. With a population of 1,849, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Santa María Palapa 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 Santa María Palapa to your route.

About Santa María Palapa

San Martín de las Pirámides is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 70 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,511.

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Where is Santa María Palapa located?

Santa María Palapa is located in México, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.7359 latitude, -98.8483 longitude.

What is the population of Santa María Palapa?

Santa María Palapa has a population of approximately 1,849 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
1,849
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
México
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
19.7359, -98.8483

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 Santa María Palapa

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.

5 km · about 10 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.

39 km · about 45 min drive

cathedral

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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

40 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

racetrack

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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

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

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.

48 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near Santa María Palapa

  • 75 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 Santa María Palapa.

San Antonio de las Palmas

🇲🇽 Mexico

2 km awayPop. 1,411

Cozotlán Norte

🇲🇽 Mexico

3 km awayPop. 1,505

San Martín de las Pirámides

🇲🇽 Mexico

4 km awayPop. 12,812

San Francisco Mazapa

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 3,365

Teotihuacán de Arista

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 23,325

Teotihuacán

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km away

San Luis Tecuhautitlán

🇲🇽 Mexico

5 km awayPop. 5,694

Colonia los Remedios

🇲🇽 Mexico

6 km awayPop. 1,206

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