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    Parroquia Santa María Magdalena Huixquilucan, Magdalena Chichicaspa, Estado de México

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    Magdalena Chichicaspa

    Town Huixquilucan, Estado de México Municipality of Huixquilucan Valley of Mexico

    Otomí community in Huixquilucan above Naucalpan and Bosque Real: a parish from 1978, barbacoa and the Magdalena feast on 22 July.

    From Mexico City: 30 min by car (29 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Magdalena Chichicaspa

    • From Mexico City: about 30 min by road (~29 km)
    • Nearest airport: Toluca (TLC), 17 min by car to Metepec
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    About Magdalena Chichicaspa

    La Magdalena Chichicaspa is in the north of Huixquilucan municipality, next to Naucalpan, with San Cristóbal Texcalucan to the south, San José Huiloteapan to the west and the Bosque Real estate to the east. The 2020 census counted 15,612 people, up from 12,193 in 2010. The name is explained two ways: "in the bitter water" (chichicapan), or tzitzicazpan, "where nettles grow"; since the land was Otomí, it may carry another meaning. Otomí people founded the community, and the Chichicaspa chapel and its cult of Mary Magdalene date from the 18th century.

    The land reform of 6 August 1921 created the Ejido de La Magdalena Chichicaspa, the Las Campanitas neighbourhood, where a sand and gravel pit appeared in the 1950s that the ejido still runs. The parish of Santa María Magdalena was canonically established on 5 July 1978. It is the church shown in this page's photo, standing at the centre of the community.

    What you see here is village life: neighbourhoods with Otomí names (Dogora, Madho, Ñuni, Tixpada), carnitas and barbacoa from street stalls, and sweets made of milk, sugar and tamarind. The patron feasts are 22 July for Santa María Magdalena and 8 December for the Immaculate Conception. Others fall on 2 February, 3 May, 2 September and 12 December.

    Most people work in trade; others make a living as fireworks makers, musicians, carpenters, woodcutters or bricklayers.

    How to get to Magdalena Chichicaspa

    Drive from Mexico City: 30 min, 29 km

    By car: from Mexico City reach Naucalpan and climb to Huixquilucan by the municipal Huixquilucan–Naucalpan road; federal highway 134 (Naucalpan–Toluca) and state highway 6 (Tenango–La Marquesa) both pass through the locality. It is about 20 km in a straight line from central Mexico City, roughly 40 minutes to an hour and a half depending on traffic, which is heavy at rush hour here.

    By public transport: Huixquilucan's private bus system runs route 4 to Chichicaspa, and the ejido has its own taxi association. From the Metro you first need a connection to Naucalpan or Huixquilucan; there is no published direct published route, so ask at the stop. Metepec, the nearest pueblo, is about 34 km as the crow flies, roughly an hour by car.

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    Before you go to Magdalena Chichicaspa: hours, prices and tips

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    The patron feasts are 22 July (Santa María Magdalena) and 8 December (Purísima Concepción). Wikipedia (es): Magdalena Chichicaspa · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Magdalena Chichicaspa: what to see and do

    The parish of Santa María Magdalena, at the centre of the community.
    The 22 July patron feast, with fireworks and a fair.
    The neighbourhoods and parajes with Otomí names, such as Dogora, Madho or Tixpada.
    Barbacoa and carnitas at the stalls, and milk and tamarind sweets.
    Las Campanitas, the ejido neighbourhood where the sand and gravel pit works.

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    When to go to Magdalena Chichicaspa cool

    Magdalena Chichicaspa shares the climate of Metepec, 34 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Metepec

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