Yecapixtla, Morelos: 12 Places to Visit, Map & Guide

12 places with their own page in the municipality of Yecapixtla, in the state of Morelos.

Map of Yecapixtla

Yecapixtla · Town
Famous across Mexico for its cecina, with a UNESCO-listed Augustinian convent and its Gothic rose window.

Huexca · Village
Village in Yecapixtla at 1,417 m, known for the Proyecto Integral Morelos power plant and its residents' fight against it.
Tecajec · Village
Old Yecapixtla dependency already listed as Tecaxiqui in 1580; its Nahuatl name means "in the stone vessel"; grew from 313 to 1,892 residents.
Juan Morales · Village
Town of 13,431 people on Cuautla's eastern edge, along highway 160; a base for Yecapixtla and its 16th-century convent.
Xochitlán · Village
Village in Yecapixtla at 1,720 m; a 1581 map already shows it as a subject community of Yecapixtla, named for flowers.
Mixtlalcingo · Village
Yecapixtla locality at 1,423 m just minutes from Cuautla, which grew from 85 to 2,678 people between 2000 and 2020; its Nahuatl name refers to clouds.
Yecapixteca · Village
Community in Yecapixtla at 1,490 m, about 4 km west of the municipal seat and 12 km from Cuautla; grew from 87 to 1,364 residents since 1980.
Loma Bonita · Village
Yecapixtla colonia beside Juan Morales at 1,404 m: from 25 residents in 1990 to 1,066 in 2020.
Achichipico · Village
Village in Yecapixtla at 1,934 m, 2,534 people in 2020, with a big Late Preclassic site, Tlalolin, and rock paintings in the Barranca Grande.
Pazulco · Village
Yecapixtla village at 1,463 m, about 5 km west of the municipal seat; already described in Alcedo's 1788 dictionary.

Balneario Agua Hedionda · Hot springs
A classic sulfur-spring spa on the edge of Cuautla, with big lukewarm pools fed by the spring.

Templo y Exconvento de San Juan Bautista de Yecapixtla · Landmark
Augustinian friary of 1535-41, a World Heritage site, with a Gothic rose window about 3 m wide, a stone pulpit and a battlemented atrium by the cecina market.