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    Chilcuautla

    Town Chilcuautla, Hidalgo Municipality of Chilcuautla Mezquital Valley

    Seat of Chilcuautla municipality: 'grove of chiles' in Nahuatl, with an August Assumption fair, cantoya balloons and a pomegranate fair.

    From Pachuca: 1 h 25 min by car (77 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Chilcuautla

    • From Pachuca: about 1 h 25 min by road (~77 km)
    • Nearest airport: Querétaro (QRO), 1 h 28 min by car to Huichapan
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    About Chilcuautla

    Chilcuautla comes from Nahuatl chilli, "chile", and cuauhtla, "grove": the grove of chiles. In Otomí the town is called ʼMiza. It is the municipal seat, in the Mezquital Valley, at 1,868 metres on plateau ground with a semi-dry temperate climate: the weather station gives a yearly mean of about 17 °C and around 340 mm of rain. Its waters flow to the Tula River.

    Wikipedia records that the Jesuits arrived in the 18th century, that the municipality was created by decree on 2 June 1850 and that in 1865 it was a municipalidad of the Ixmiquilpan district. In 2020 the seat had 1,262 inhabitants, 6.67% of the municipality: 587 men and 675 women. Across the municipality maize, beans, alfalfa and zucchini dominate, and there is a weekly tianguis.

    Its big moment is August. The patron-saint fair of the Virgin of the Assumption ran from the 15th to the 17th in 2025 and centres on the parish, in whose atrium the cantoya balloons are launched: 2025 was the festival's ninth edition, with launches on the nights of the 16th and 17th. Alongside it come a kite festival, a food showcase in which pomegranate is the main ingredient, craft sales and a music festival at the town theatre. Earlier editions mention dishes of nopal, fig, oven-baked rabbit and frijol quebrado, plus local wines and liqueurs.

    The municipality also holds the ruins of the Hacienda Demiñho, on the road between Tezontepec de Aldama and Tunititlán.

    How to get to Chilcuautla

    Drive from Pachuca: 1 h 25 min, 77 km

    El Universal describes this route from Mexico City: the México–Pachuca autopista, the Pachuca toll plaza, the México–Tuxpan road to the Tula toll plaza, which you take to the right, then Tlahuelilpan, north to Mixquiahuala, around it on the west side and on north to Chilcuautla. It estimates about 2.5 hours from the capital and 1.5 from Pachuca. By bus, the Tula station is served by Ovnibus (hourly from Terminal Norte, about 1 h 40 min) and by second-class AVM every 15 minutes; from there, or from Mixquiahuala, ask about transport to Chilcuautla. In a straight line Pachuca is about 56 km and Huichapan about 44 km.

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    The patron-saint fair of the Virgen de la Asunción ran 15 to 17 August in 2025, with the ninth Festival de Globos de Cantoya on 16 and 17 August at 20:00 in the parish atrium, a kite festival, a food showcase and a music festival. Criterio Hidalgo (22 jul 2025) · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Chilcuautla: what to see and do

    The parish of the Asunción and its atrium, launch site for the cantoya balloons.
    The August fair (15 to 17 in 2025) with the kite festival.
    The food showcase with pomegranate, nopal, fig and oven-baked rabbit.
    The town theatre, stage of the music festival.
    The ruins of the Hacienda Demiñho, in the municipality.

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    When to go to Chilcuautla mild

    Chilcuautla shares the climate of Huichapan, 44 km away. The best months to visit are January, February, March, and November.

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