Town Palmar de Bravo, Puebla Municipality of Palmar de Bravo
Town of about 9,800 in the municipality of Palmar de Bravo, between Tecamachalco and Esperanza; "beside the hill of prickly pears".
From Tehuacán: 40 min by car (49 km by road) How to get there ↓
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How to get to Cuacnopalan
- From Tehuacán: about 40 min by road (~49 km)
- Nearest airport: Veracruz (VER), 1 h 42 min by car to Orizaba
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About Cuacnopalan
Cuacnopalan is one of the towns of the municipality of Palmar de Bravo in east-central Puebla. The name comes from the Nahuatl cuautla, hill or woodland, nopalli, prickly pear, and tlan, beside: "beside the hill of prickly pears". It had 9,758 inhabitants in 2020 and stands at about 2,215 m, in the uplands between the Tecamachalco valley and the Llanos de San Andrés.
The municipality of Palmar de Bravo is large and populous: about 363 km² and 50,226 people in 2020, ranging from 2,100 to 2,900 m. It belongs to Region 3, centred on Ciudad Serdán, and borders Quecholac to the north-west, Chalchicomula de Sesma to the north-east, Esperanza to the east, Cañada Morelos to the south-east, Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez to the south, Yehualtepec to the south-west and Tecamachalco to the west.
Cuacnopalan sits halfway between central Puebla's cities and those at the state's edge: Tehuacán and Orizaba are about 42 and 43 km away in a straight line, and the capital about 77 km. The surrounding landscape is one of farmed plains and dry hills with prickly-pear stands, the ones that give the town its name.
How to get to Cuacnopalan
Drive from Tehuacán: 40 min, 49 km
Cuacnopalan lies in the municipality of Palmar de Bravo in east-central Puebla. The capital is about 77 km away in a straight line, roughly 1 h 10 min by car; Tehuacán is about 42 km away and Orizaba in Veracruz about 43 km, each roughly 45 to 50 minutes. Tecamachalco lies to the west of the municipality.
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From the nearest cities to Cuacnopalan
- Tehuacán · 49 km by road, 40 min
- Orizaba · 62 km by road, 45 min
- Huamantla · 84 km by road, 1 h 5 min
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Visiting Cuacnopalan: what to see and do
The prickly-pear hills that give the town its name.
The farmland between Tecamachalco and Esperanza.
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Day trips around Orizaba sometimes stop in Cuacnopalan; a tour is the easy way to see it without a car.
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When to go to Cuacnopalan mild
Cuacnopalan shares the climate of Orizaba, 43 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and December.
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The closest Pueblo Mágico: Orizaba
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Also close to
- Coscomatepec · Veracruz · 56 km away
- Córdoba · Veracruz · 61 km away
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- Huamantla · Tlaxcala · 70 km away
Closest to Cuacnopalan
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Palmar de Bravo · Village · 4 km away
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Cuesta Blanca · Village · 5 km away
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Bellavista de Victoria · Village · 7 km away
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San José Ixtapa · Village · 12 km away
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Morelos Cañada · Village · 13 km away
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San Miguel Xaltepec · Village · 13 km away
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Jesús Nazareno · Village · 14 km away
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Esperanza · Town · 15 km away
Near Cuacnopalan
Drive times by road from OpenStreetMap, without traffic. Times marked ~ are estimated from the straight-line distance.
Location from OpenStreetMap. Written by Puebloteca.