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    Satellite view of Palo Prieto, Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Morelos

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    Palo Prieto

    Village Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Morelos Municipality of Tlaltizapán de Zapata Southern Morelos

    Tlaltizapán de Zapata locality where families make baskets, ladles and birdcages; 4 km from Tlaltizapán.

    From Cuautla: 40 min by car (34 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Palo Prieto

    • From Cuautla: about 40 min by road (~34 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 55 min by car to Tlaltizapán
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    About Palo Prieto

    Palo Prieto is a locality in the municipality of Tlaltizapán de Zapata, in southern Morelos, at about 958 metres above sea level and with 1,308 residents in 2020. INEGI censuses give 1,061 people in 2000 and 1,012 in 2010, so it lost population in the first decade of the century and regained it, with a notable jump, in the second.

    The most concrete thing a source says about daily life is a trade: English Wikipedia's Tlaltizapán article notes that in Palo Prieto families make baskets, ladles and birdcages. The sources do not say what they are made of or where they are sold, so ask in the village.

    The municipality's best-known history sits in its seat: Tlaltizapán was the headquarters of Emiliano Zapata's Liberation Army of the South. That visit is about 4 km from Palo Prieto.

    How to get to Palo Prieto

    Drive from Cuautla: 40 min, 34 km

    Palo Prieto is about 4 km from Tlaltizapán, the municipal seat (about 5 minutes by car, an estimate), and some 23 km in a straight line from Cuautla (about 25 minutes). From Cuernavaca go down the Autopista del Sol (95D) to the Tlaltizapán exit and continue on a local road to the village; we could not find the exact number or condition of that local road published, so confirm the turn-off in Tlaltizapán. From Cuautla you can head south via Yautepec and Tlaltizapán. We found no colectivo line names or schedules. The nearest pueblo on our list is Tlaltizapán itself.

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    Visiting Palo Prieto: what to see and do

    Baskets, ladles and birdcages made by the village's families
    Cuartel of the Liberation Army of the South, in Tlaltizapán (about 4 km)

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    Pick up a car at MEX (Mexico City): about 1 h 55 min by road to Tlaltizapán, then 4 km more to Palo Prieto, on your own schedule.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (MEX), about 1 h 55 min by road from Tlaltizapán, the base for Palo Prieto.

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    When to go to Palo Prieto warm

    Palo Prieto shares the climate of Tlaltizapán, 4 km away. The best months to visit are January, October, November, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tlaltizapán

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    Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.

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