Hidalgo Huasteca

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Places to visit in Hidalgo Huasteca 28

28 places with their own page, grouped by kind.

Villages · 25 Towns · 3

Villages

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  Acuatempa · Village · Hidalgo
  A Huasteca Hidalguense community at 255 m, near Huejutla; its Nahuatl name means "on the shore of good water".
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  Ahuatitla · Village · Hidalgo
  A Nahua locality of 4,137 people in San Felipe Orizatlán, at 217 m in the Huasteca; its mecos dance at carnival.
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  Ahuehuetl · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca community in Huautla municipality, under 2 km from the seat; it was called Huéhuetl until 2010.
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  Atlalco · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua community in Yahualica at about 310 m, next to Oxeloco; not the Atlalco in Xochiatipan. The name means "place of irrigated land".
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  Atlapexco · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca seat in Hidalgo with a colonial town hall, a San José fair in March and Xantolo dance troupes.
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  Chililico · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua village at the edge of Huejutla, known for red clay pots painted in cream and brown using pre-Hispanic techniques.
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  Coacuilco · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua locality in the Hidalgo Huasteca, southwest of Huejutla at 338 m; its name means "place of the painted snake".
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  Contépec · Village · Hidalgo
  Community at 215 m west of Huejutla de Reyes, with its own 663 m hill 1.6 km away; not the Contepec in Michoacán.
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  Huautla · Village · Hidalgo
  Municipal seat in Hidalgo's Huasteca, on a plateau above the Calabozo river, with 3,806 people and a Nahua-speaking majority.
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  Huazalinguillo · Village · Hidalgo
  Village of 503 people at 216 m in the Hidalgo Huasteca, Huautla municipality, with an otate-working craft.
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  Huichapa · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca village of 163 people ringed by hills, with a park and bandstand and Xantolo altars on 1-2 November.
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  Ixcatlán · Village · Hidalgo
  Village of 1,868 people at 863 m southwest of Huejutla de Reyes, with hills 1 km away and Xantolo in the seat at the end of October.
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  La Corrala · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca village of 542 people at 136 m in Huejutla de Reyes municipality, about 1.5 km from Huichapa.
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  Macuxtepetla · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua community in the Huasteca on the Huejutla-Jaltocán road, at 256 m; embroidered blouses and a stone church.
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  Pahactla · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua community in Hidalgo's Huasteca, about 5 km from Atlapexco, with festivals all year and wind-band and huapango music.
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  Pepeyocatitla · Village · Hidalgo
  Nahua village under 3 km from Yahualica in the lower Huasteca; its name means 'place where jewels are worn at the neck'.
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  San Francisco · Village · Hidalgo
  The most populous locality in Huazalingo (1,940 people), at 1,037 m in the Huasteca karst and 5 km from the seat.
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  Santa Ana · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca locality in San Felipe Orizatlán at 148 m, almost empty until 1980 and home to 599 people in 2020; the seat is about 4 km away.
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  Tamoyón I · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca locality in Huautla at 154 m, about 4 km from the seat on the Calabozo River, where pre-Hispanic circular mounds are recorded.
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  Tenamaxtepec · Village · Hidalgo
  A Nahua village of 856 people in the Yahualica hills of the Hidalgo Huasteca, at 674 m with rain all year.
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  Texoloc · Village · Hidalgo
  Huasteca hidalguense community at 414 m in the Xochiatipan hills; its Nahuatl name is the pestle used with the molcajete.
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  Tlaltzintla · Village · Hidalgo
  A village of 616 people in the Huejutla de Reyes Huasteca at 423 m; its Nahuatl name means "land below".
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  Tzacuala · Village · Hidalgo
  A village of 532 people at 194 m, about 10 km northeast of Huautla in the Calabozo river basin of the Hidalgo Huasteca.
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  Yahualica · Village · Hidalgo
  Municipal seat in Hidalgo's Huasteca; its Nahuatl name means "house of fog", and it once served as a defensive post for the Metztitlán lordship.
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  Zacatipa · Village · Hidalgo
  A Nahua community of 377 people at 556 m, about 9 km north of Huautla; its Santa Cruz fiesta is 2-3 May and Xantolo is the biggest of the year.

Towns

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  Huejutla de Reyes · Town · Hidalgo
  Main town of Hidalgo's Huasteca, with a 16th-century cathedral, a clock tower that plays "El Cantador" and the region's biggest Xantolo.
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  Jaltocán · Town · Hidalgo
  A Nahua Huasteca seat at 199 m, known for embroidery, bread, masks and candles, an intimate Xantolo and a carnival with burning toritos.
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  Orizatlán · Town · Hidalgo
  San Felipe Orizatlán, a Huasteca seat known for traditional bread, Xantolo, a late-January fair and cold rivers with waterfalls.

Top tours in Hidalgo Huasteca

Chililico Surrealist Garden of Edward James, Castle of Health and Xilitla Nativity ★ 4.3 (10) 9–10 h From US$100

Chililico Swallow Show, Tamul Waterfall by canoe and Cenote Cueva del Agua ★ 4.1 (7) 12 h From US$120

Chililico two days valley trek in the Atlas mountains ★ 4.7 (3) 2 days From US$171

Chililico Bridge of God and Tambaca Waterfalls ★ 5.0 (2) 13 h From US$120

Chililico Waterfalls of El Meco and El Salto ★ 5.0 (2) 14 h From US$130

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