San Antonio Chiverías

Chiverías, the name it carried before the saint was added, is a locality in southern Morelos, in the municipality of Zacatepec de Hidalgo, at 948 metres above sea level and about three kilometres from the municipal seat. Saint Anthony of Padua is its patron, hence the current name; according to Pueblos de América the change of name was recorded in 2010.

The population has grown steadily: 362 people in 1980, 714 in 1990, 860 in 2000, 1,280 in 2010 and 1,368 in 2020. In 2020 about 131 were children up to five, 855 adults aged 15 to 59 and 168 over 60. Nearly a third (31.9%) were born outside Morelos, a high share for a place this size, reflecting its closeness to Zacatepec and to San Nicolás Galeana, a neighbouring locality of more than 11,000 people less than two kilometres away.

The ground is flat sugarcane country, like the rest of the municipality: the demographic profile of Zacatepec notes that its territory has been tied to cane growing since 1690. To the northeast, 1.7 km away, rises Cerro La Tortuga (1,119 m), and small colonias such as 10 de Abril, Cerro del Venado and Colonia de los Maestros lie around the village. The climate is hot semi-arid, averaging 24.1 °C with about 840 mm of rain a year, and April and May are the hottest months.

In 2020 there were 377 occupied homes, most with piped water (96.6%), and average schooling was 8.9 years. Restaurants, taquerías and a hotel are close by, mostly toward San Nicolás Galeana.