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    Tuzamapan de Galeana

    Village Tuzamapan de Galeana, Puebla Sierra Norte de Puebla Totonacapan

    Totonac village in the Sierra Norte, "river of the gophers", at about 530 m between Cuetzalan and the Veracruz line, with a church of the Transfiguration.

    From Teziutlán: 1 h 20 min by car (86 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Tuzamapan de Galeana

    • From Teziutlán: about 1 h 20 min by road (~86 km)
    • Nearest airport: Poza Rica (PAZ), 2 h 46 min by car to Cuetzalan
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    About Tuzamapan de Galeana

    Tuzamapan de Galeana is the seat of the municipality of the same name in Puebla's Sierra Norte, in Totonac country. The name comes from the Nahuatl tuzan, gopher, and pan, river: "river of the gophers". The village stands at about 530 m, in the low, warm part of the sierra, and had 1,551 people in 2020; the municipality had 5,924 in 2020, about the same as in 2010.

    It became a municipality in 1895. It is small, about 42 km² at an average of 540 m, and borders the state of Veracruz to the north, Huehuetla and Caxhuacan to the west, Jonotla to the south and Cuetzalan del Progreso to the east. Like its neighbours it belongs to the Totonac sierra, where pre-Conquest beliefs blended with Catholic evangelisation from the 16th century.

    The village's main building is the church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, with its thick stone buttresses. For travellers, Tuzamapan is very close to two Pueblos Mágicos: Cuetzalan, its neighbour to the east, and Zozocolco in Veracruz, about 8 km away in a straight line.

    How to get to Tuzamapan de Galeana

    Drive from Teziutlán: 1 h 20 min, 86 km

    Tuzamapan de Galeana lies in Puebla's Sierra Norte next to Cuetzalan del Progreso and the Veracruz line. Zozocolco in Veracruz is about 8 km away in a straight line and Poza Rica about 53 km. Puebla city is about 132 km away in a straight line. It is a rainy area; mountain roads get difficult in the heavy-rain season.

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    Visiting Tuzamapan de Galeana: what to see and do

    The church of the Transfiguration and its buttresses.
    The warm landscape of the Totonac sierra.
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    Pick up a car at PAZ (Poza Rica): about 2 h 46 min by road to Cuetzalan, then 8 km more to Tuzamapan de Galeana, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Poza Rica (PAZ), about 2 h 46 min by road from Cuetzalan, the base for Tuzamapan de Galeana.

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    When to go to Tuzamapan de Galeana mild

    Tuzamapan de Galeana shares the climate of Cuetzalan, 8 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and December.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Cuetzalan

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