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    Parque de la estación en Zaragoza, Puebla

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    Zaragoza

    Town Zaragoza, Puebla Sierra Norte de Puebla

    Sierra Norte town that grew around a 1905 railway station; founded by families from Zaragoza, Spain, it honours the Virgin of the Pillar.

    From Teziutlán: 25 min by car (28 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Zaragoza

    • From Teziutlán: about 25 min by road (~28 km)
    • Nearest airport: Poza Rica (PAZ), 2 h 6 min by car to Tlatlauquitepec
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    About Zaragoza

    Zaragoza is the seat of the municipality of the same name in north-eastern Puebla, in the Sierra Norte, at about 2,300 m. The town had 11,487 people in 2020, and the municipality, barely 31 km², had 16,752 in 2020. It is named after the Spanish city: some of the first families who settled here came from Zaragoza, which is why the town honours the Virgin of the Pillar, patron of the Hispanic world.

    The town grew around the railway. In 1898 work began on Zaragoza station on land of the Zaragoza hacienda, some 5,000 hectares of the old Tlatlauquitepec district owned by the Spaniard Juan R. Lavín. In exchange for the right of way, the Mexican Eastern Railway gave him a free annual pass and water for the locomotives, and let him build a warehouse opposite the station for his lime, which he shipped from Acuaco, where some kilns remain. On 5 May 1905 Porfirio Díaz flagged off the Puebla–Zaragoza–Teziutlán branch line. Today there is a park beside the old station.

    The climate is mild and sub-humid with summer rain, colder in the mountainous south-east. The big festival is for the Virgin of the Pillar on 12 October; the fair is opened every 6 October by an elected queen. The Rueda and Mondragón families, among the first in town, brought the images of the Virgin of the Pillar and of Carmen from Spain.

    How to get to Zaragoza

    Drive from Teziutlán: 25 min, 28 km

    Zaragoza lies in Puebla's Sierra Norte, about 11 km in a straight line from the Pueblo Mágico of Tlatlauquitepec, roughly 15 to 20 minutes by car, and about 21 km from Teziutlán. Puebla city is about 106 km away in a straight line and Xalapa in Veracruz about 72 km. The town sits on the old Puebla–Teziutlán railway branch.

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    Before you go to Zaragoza: hours, prices and tips

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    The fair opens on 6 October and the Virgin of the Pillar feast is on 12 October. Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Zaragoza: what to see and do

    The park at the old railway station.
    The parish church of the Virgin of the Pillar.
    The old lime kilns at Acuaco.
    The Virgin of the Pillar fair, 6 to 12 October.

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    Rental cars

    Pick up a car at PAZ (Poza Rica): about 2 h 6 min by road to Tlatlauquitepec, then 11 km more to Zaragoza, on your own schedule.

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    Flights

    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Poza Rica (PAZ), about 2 h 6 min by road from Tlatlauquitepec, the base for Zaragoza.

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    When to go to Zaragoza cool

    Zaragoza shares the climate of Tlatlauquitepec, 11 km away. The best months to visit are February, March, April, and May.

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    The closest Pueblo Mágico: Tlatlauquitepec

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