Santa Fe

A little over a kilometre southeast of Alpuyeca, Santa Fe is a small locality in Xochitepec that has grown slowly: 205 residents in 2005, 297 in 2010 and 315 in 2020 (159 women and 156 men), living in 128 homes. It stands at 1,066 m above sea level. It ranks 18th by population among the municipality's 90 localities, and almost 67% of its people were born outside Morelos, a sign that many arrived from other states.

The climate is warm and semi-arid, unlike the mountain villages of northern Morelos: a mean of 23.1 °C, about 709 mm of rain a year and September the wettest month. January is the coolest month and May the hottest; the lowest recorded temperature was 6.7 °C in 1997 and the highest 40.9 °C in 2024. Nearly every home has electricity and piped water, and 85% have internet.

The surroundings are open farmland and low hills: Cerro El Nananche (1,251 m) is about 4 km east and La Corona (1,224 m) about 4 km northwest. Other settlements are close by: Alpuyeca, with more than 8,000 people, 1.3 km to the northwest; Real Santa Fe, 1.5 km to the south; and Colonia La Pintora, about 1.8 km away. Most shops and restaurants in the area are in Alpuyeca. Santa Fe itself has no registered lodging or sights of its own: it is a place to see everyday life in southern Morelos rather than a destination for an outing.