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    Tepango de Rodríguez

    Village Tepango de Rodríguez, Puebla Sierra Norte de Puebla

    Totonac village in the Sierra Norte, "high on the hill", renamed in 1935 after President Abelardo L. Rodríguez.

    From Poza Rica: about 1 h 20 min by road (~90 km) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Tepango de Rodríguez

    • From Poza Rica: about 1 h 20 min by road (~90 km)
    • Nearest airport: Poza Rica (PAZ), 1 h 45 min by car to Zacatlán
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    About Tepango de Rodríguez

    Tepango de Rodríguez crowns a hill in the Totonac sierra of northern Puebla and heads a very small municipality. The name Tepango comes from the Nahuatl tépetl, hill, and aco, high up: "place high on the hill". It lies at roughly 1,520 m above sea level and counted 3,298 inhabitants in 2020.

    The region was first settled by Totonac groups, who were later conquered by the Aztecs. In 1895 it became a free municipality under the name San Antonio Tepango, and in 1935 it was renamed Tepango de Rodríguez in honour of former president Abelardo L. Rodríguez.

    It is a small, mountainous municipality: about 29 km², ranging from 700 to 2,000 m. Most of it, 77%, drains through the Laxaxalpan River sub-basin and the rest through the Tecuantepec. It borders Ahuacatlán, Amixtlán, Camocuautla, Zapotitlán de Méndez and Zongozotla, all villages of the Totonac and Nahua sierra. The Pueblo Mágico of Zacatlán is roughly 19 km off as the crow flies.

    How to get to Tepango de Rodríguez

    Tepango de Rodríguez lies in Puebla's Sierra Norte, about 19 km in a straight line from the Pueblo Mágico of Zacatlán, on winding mountain roads. It is some 115 km in a straight line to Puebla city. Travel by daylight.

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    Visiting Tepango de Rodríguez: what to see and do

    The village high on its hill above the ravines of the Sierra Norte.
    Views over the Laxaxalpan River basin.
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    Pick up a car at PAZ (Poza Rica): about 1 h 45 min by road to Zacatlán, then 19 km more to Tepango de Rodríguez, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Poza Rica (PAZ), about 1 h 45 min by road from Zacatlán, the base for Tepango de Rodríguez.

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    When to go to Tepango de Rodríguez cool

    Tepango de Rodríguez shares the climate of Zacatlán, 19 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Zacatlán

    San Pedro y San Pablo parish and the arcaded Franciscan convent on the plaza, Zacatlán, Puebla cool
    Puebla Zacatlán

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