racetrack
Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
A Mexican circuit at Amozoc de Mota near Puebla with both a road course and an oval, home to NASCAR Mexico and set against the volcanic backdrop of the central highlands.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Tepeaca
Puebla, Mexico · North America
About Tepeaca
Tepeaca is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Zahuatlán de Morelos (San José), 43km from Great Pyramid of Cholula.
Tepeaca is in Puebla, Mexico, with about 27,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zahuatlán de Morelos (San José), about 4 km away.
Tepeaca is a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla. Tepeaca is located 35 km (21.75 mi) from the city of Puebla and is the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Its name comes from a Spanish variant of "Tepeyacac" composed of the Nahuatl words tepetl ("hill") and yacatl ("nose tip, which is in theRead more
foreground") (can be translated in various ways: "in the top of the hill" or "the principle of the hills"). It has been called Tepeaca de Negrete as it was the birthplace and hometown of General Miguel Negrete Novoa. Along with Tecali Herrera, he extracted the onyx and marble. The town was originally founded by Hernán Cortés as Segura de la Frontera.
In the parish of San Francisco de Asís is a Child Jesus image called the Santo Niño Doctor de los Enfemos. The image is old but devotion to it is relatively recent. The image used to belong to a nun of the Order of Josephine at Concepción Béistegui Hospital in Mexico City. When the nun was transferred to Tepeaca, she brought the image with her and had it with her as she treated the sick. This image has had its own feast day at this church since 1961 on 30 April.
In prehispanic times, Tepeaca was a Nahua altepetl ruled by three related tlatoque. The people were Chichimec descendants and their patron deity was Camaxtli. Acatzingo, and perhaps Tecamachalco and Quecholac were subordinate to Tepeaca. The entire region was conquered by Moctezuma I; it thereafter served as a center of tribute collection for the Aztec Empire and was obliged to make luxury goods available at its market, probably to the benefit of merchants from other settlements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Tepeaca?
Within an hour or so of Tepeaca: Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (12 km), Museo Amparo (32 km), Puebla (33 km), Puebla Cathedral (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Tepeaca?
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Where is Tepeaca?
Tepeaca is in Puebla, Mexico, about 4 km from Zahuatlán de Morelos (San José).
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Quick Information
- Population
- 27,449
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- Mexico
- Region
- Puebla
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
- Coordinates
- 18.9669, -97.8998
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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Worth the detour from Tepeaca
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museo Amparo
Two 16th–18th-century buildings in central Puebla housing one of Mexico's finest pre-Hispanic collections alongside colonial art, with a modern rooftop terrace looking straight across at the cathedral towers and Popocatépetl.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Puebla
A UNESCO-listed colonial city famous for its Talavera tiles, baroque churches, mole poblano cuisine, and views of snow-capped volcanoes.
33 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Puebla Cathedral
A Renaissance cathedral on Puebla's Zócalo with Mexico's tallest bell towers, in a UNESCO-listed historic centre off Highway 150D.
33 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Great Pyramid of Cholula
The largest pyramid by volume in the world, topped by a Spanish colonial church, with tunnels revealing layers of ancient construction.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Tepeaca
- 79 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.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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