Morelos, Mexico · North America
Tepalcingo sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ixtlilco el Chico, 53km from Popocatépetl.
Tepalcingo is in Morelos, Mexico, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ixtlilco el Chico, about 4 km away.
Tepalcingo is a town in the Mexican state of Morelos. It at 18°26′N 98°18′W. The name Nahuatl root tekpa-tl (flint), tzintli (saves honor), tzinco (back of an individual), so in sum it means tekpatzinko "down or behind the flints".
Tepalcingo limits to the north with Ayala and Jonacatepec; to the south withRead more
Tlaquiltenango and the State of Puebla; to the east with Axochiapan and Jonacatepec; to the west with Ayala and Tlaquiltenango. It is 1,160 meters (3,810 feet) above sea level.
The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality, with which it shares a name. It reported 27,187 inhabitants in the 2015 census.
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Within an hour or so of Tepalcingo: Tepoztlán (51 km), Popocatépetl (53 km), Paso de Cortés (59 km).
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Tepalcingo is in Morelos, Mexico, about 4 km from Ixtlilco el Chico.
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Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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landmark
A Morelos town under sheer volcanic cliffs, with a hilltop 13th-century pyramid to the pulque god reached by a steep hour's climb, a fortress-like Dominican convent, and a market known for exotic ice creams.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
An active 5,426 m stratovolcano southeast of Mexico City, visible from the Puebla highway; the Paso de Cortés road runs on its saddle.
53 km · about 60 min drive
mountain pass
The 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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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