Michoacán, Mexico · North America
Tuzantla sits on the route: 20 minutes from Benito Juárez, 56km from Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.
Tuzantla is a town located in Michoacán, Mexico. With a population of 15,302, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Tuzantla 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 Tuzantla to your route.
Tuzantla is a municipality in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán. The municipality has an area of 1,018.49 square kilometres (1.73% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Jungapeo and Hidalgo, to the east by Juárez and Susupuato, to the south by Tiquicheo andRead more
the state of Guerrero, and to the west by Tiquicheo and Tzitzio. The municipality had a population of 15,302 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name.
In Pre-Columbian times, the area was inhabited by Nahuas, but was conquered by the Purépecha Empire. Its name, Tuzantla, is a word of Nahuatl origin that means "Place where gophers are abundant". Its Purépecha name was either Cusaro or Ocumo (also spelled Hocumu or Ucumu), the latter meaning "Otomi".
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Tuzantla is located in Michoacán, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.2029 latitude, -100.5668 longitude.
Tuzantla has a population of approximately 15,302 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.
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natural wonder
Fir forests on the Michoacán–State of Mexico border where hundreds of millions of monarchs cluster so densely from November to March that branches bend under them. El Rosario and Sierra Chincua are the main road-accessible sanctuaries.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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