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    Parroquia de la Asunción de María en Joquicingo 03, Estado de México

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    Joquicingo

    Town Joquicingo, Estado de México Toluca Valley Southern Estado de México

    Seat of a small municipality in the south of the Toluca valley: Asunción feasts, arrieros and chinelo dances, and pyramids at Techuchulco.

    From Toluca: 40 min by car (39 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    • From Toluca: about 40 min by road (~39 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 1 h 14 min by car to Malinalco
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    About Joquicingo

    Joquicingo de León Guzmán is the seat of the municipality of Joquicingo, 46 km² with 15,428 residents in 2020 and 13 localities; the seat itself has 4,832, and Techuchulco de Allende, the largest, has 5,044. It stands at about 2,630 m. It was once called San Miguel Zuquitzinco, a name in 1570 records; "León Guzmán" comes from Leonardo Francisco Guzmán Montes de Oca, born in Tenango del Valle in 1821. The etymology is disputed: Cecilio Robelo proposed Zoquitzinco, "in the little mud patch".

    The municipality was constituted in 1832, lost the status after a cholera epidemic, and in 1847 was joined to Tenango del Valle. Near the centre a rock bears a child's footprint of pre-Hispanic date, known as "el piecito". The parish of the Asunción de María dominates the town and its feast is 15 August; the Señor del Huerto is honoured on 25 March, though the festivity is moved to the third week of May. Arrieros, chinelos, lobitos and moros dances predominate.

    In Techuchulco a second Asunción church dates from the 17th century, and the bases of a circular pyramid dedicated to Ehécatl, Tláloc and Huitzilopochtli survive. Local food includes broad-bean gorditas and tortas, corn tamales with fresh broad beans, black and green mole, pipián and capultamal, and people make petates, carved-stone molcajetes and tissue-paper decorations.

    How to get to Joquicingo

    Drive from Toluca: 40 min, 39 km

    Joquicingo lies about 30 km straight-line south of Toluca, in the south of the valley: by road allow roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour. The municipality borders Tenango del Valle to the west, Tianguistenco and Texcalyacac to the north, and Malinalco and Tenancingo to the south. Pueblos América gives 19 to 26 km (19 to 26 minutes) to Malinalco, though its page contradicts itself.

    By public transport, go first to the Terminal de Toluca at Felipe Berriozábal 101, open 24 hours, which serves buses south (Wikivoyage mentions Ixtapan de la Sal); from Mexico City buses run to Toluca every few minutes from Observatorio and the Terminal Norte. There is no published published line all the way to Joquicingo; the sensible approach is to go via Tenango del Valle and ask there. For questions, the town hall is open Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm, tel. 714 140 0533.

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    Before you go to Joquicingo: hours, prices and tips

    Best season
    Main feasts: Señor del Huerto (25 March, held in the third week of May), San Pedro y San Pablo in Techuchulco (29 June), Virgen de la Asunción (15 August, in the town and Techuchulco), San Miguel (29 September), Virgen de Guadalupe (12 December). Gobierno Municipal de Joquicingo · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Joquicingo: what to see and do

    Parish of the Asunción de María in the town; feast on 15 August
    The rock with a child's footprint, "el piecito", near the centre
    Feast of the Señor del Huerto (25 March; held in the third week of May)
    Arrieros, chinelo, lobitos and moros dances at patron feasts
    Circular pyramid base and 17th-century church in Techuchulco
    Day of the Dead altars with a marigold cross, 2 November

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    When to go to Joquicingo mild

    Joquicingo shares the climate of Malinalco, 12 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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