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Santiago de Anaya

Hidalgo, Mexico · North America

About Santiago de Anaya

Santiago de Anaya is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Cerritos, 29km from Grutas Tolantongo.

Santiago de Anaya is a town located in Hidalgo, Mexico. With a population of 2,214, it is an important destination in North America.

On a road trip, Santiago de Anaya 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 Santiago de Anaya to your route.

About Santiago de Anaya

Santiago de Anaya is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 316.1 km2. The town is famous for its annual gastronomic festival, held for the last 37 years, featuring dishes prepared with plants and animals native to the region, including

Read more coyote, armadillo, rabbit, various snakes and xamues – long-legged, plant-eating bugs. The festival, held during Easter week attracts thousands of tourists. The original name of the town was Tlachichilco, which means "the painted land." As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 17,032, according to the National Statistics Institute (INEGI) census.

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Where is Santiago de Anaya located?

Santiago de Anaya is located in Hidalgo, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 20.3841 latitude, -98.9651 longitude.

What is the population of Santiago de Anaya?

Santiago de Anaya has a population of approximately 2,214 people, making it a town in Mexico.

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Quick Information

Population
2,214
Continent
North America
Country
Mexico
Region
Hidalgo
Timezone
America/Mexico_City
Coordinates
20.3841, -98.9651

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 Santiago de Anaya

4 notable places within an hour's 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.

29 km · about 35 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.

41 km · about 45 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.

45 km · about 50 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.

47 km · about 55 min drive

When to drive here

Year-round

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

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Santiago de Anaya.

Cerritos

🇲🇽 Mexico

6 km awayPop. 1,306

Lagunilla

🇲🇽 Mexico

8 km awayPop. 1,596

Dajiedi

🇲🇽 Mexico

9 km awayPop. 2,039

Déxtho de Victoria

🇲🇽 Mexico

9 km awayPop. 1,429

Patria Nueva

🇲🇽 Mexico

9 km awayPop. 1,752

Caxuxi

🇲🇽 Mexico

9 km awayPop. 2,715

La Estancia

🇲🇽 Mexico

10 km awayPop. 1,341

Teofani

🇲🇽 Mexico

11 km awayPop. 1,162

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