Veracruz, Mexico · North America
Santiago sits on the route: 10 minutes from Plan de Arroyos, 58km from Xico and Cascada de Texolo.
Santiago is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 1,107, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Santiago 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 to your route.
El Cuajilote or Filobobos is an archeological site of the Totonac Culture, located in the Tlapacoyan municipality, Veracruz state, México.
Just as in many other Mesoamerican sites, the original name is unknown and arbitrarily names are assigned, sometimes local names are used, in this case, the name “El Cuajilote”Read more
derives from the “Chote” tree from the Totonac region, although the tree is scarce in the area nowadays. This site is part of the Filobobos zone, where vestiges of at least six archaeological sites are known. Currently only two have been explored; Vega de la Peña and El Cuajilote.
Cuajilote, is also the name of a tree (Parmentiera aculeata), also known as huachilote or monkey cocoa, typical of low deciduous forest, exist in broad territories in the South and Centre Mexico.
According to INAH the Filobobos name derives from the local sharp profiles (“Filos”) of gorges and ravines, created by a geologic phenomenon from the Cenozoic era, and of “bobos”, name of an almost extinct fish variety, very appreciated in the region.
The gorges and water falls, have allowed a natural preservation of the Filobobos Archeological Site.
It is a very fertile region and from prehispanic time it has been an important natural communication corridor between the Central Plateau and the Gulf of Mexico, used by diverse ethnic groups for travels, in the process of commercial and cultural trade.
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Santiago is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.9174 latitude, -97.1538 longitude.
Santiago has a population of approximately 1,107 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
Full driving guide for Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
A steeply-stacked Pueblo Mágico in the Puebla sierra where cobbled lanes drop through cloud and coffee plantations, ringed by waterfalls and one of Mexico's largest cave networks. Voladores perform beside the parish church.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cafe
Mexico's self-declared coffee capital, a Veracruz Pueblo Mágico of pastel arcades and wrought-iron balconies in the cloud-forest foothills, with roasteries and old beneficios on nearly every block.
56 km · about 65 min drive
waterfall
A steep Veracruz coffee town whose main draw is Cascada de Texolo, 3 km out: an 80 m fall dropping into a jungle gorge crossed by a 19th-century iron footbridge, used as a location in Romancing the Stone.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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