Teziutlán is a highland city in the northeastern sierra of Puebla, close to the Veracruz border and often called the foggiest city in Mexico. Its Nahuatl name means place of hail, which says something about the cool, damp mountain weather. The city prospered in the railway age and is the birthplace of a president, a celebrated painter and a guitarist of Trío Los Panchos.
History
Before the Conquest this part of the sierra was home to Nahua, Totonac, Otomi and Mazatec communities, and the Triple Alliance brought the area under Aztec rule. Spaniards founded Teziutlán on March 15, 1552, at a spot whose local name meant little hill of hailstones. In 1620 a hermitage was raised to the Archangel Michael, who remains the patron saint.
The state congress granted the title of villa in 1847 and raised Teziutlán to a city in 1861, a rank confirmed in 1903. During the presidency of Porfirio Díaz the town was connected to the growing railway network and enjoyed a period of prosperity.
Teziutlán has produced a notable list of Mexicans: President Manuel Ávila Camacho, labor leader Vicente Lombardo Toledano, the 19th-century painter Juan Cordero, the comic actor Clavillazo and Alfredo Gil of Trío Los Panchos.
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Tours & activities
Guided tours, tastings, and day trips in and around Teziutlán.
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Where it is
Teziutlán within Mexico
The town up close · Open in Google Maps
Getting there
- Fly into PAZ: El Tajín National Airport, about 84 km away in a straight line
Drive times are estimates from OpenStreetMap routing, without traffic.
Nearby Pueblos Mágicos
14 km away
25 km away
40 km away
47 km away
Sources: population from Wikidata (may count the whole municipality) · elevation and climate from Open-Meteo · airports from OurAirports (straight-line distance).