Morelos, Mexico · North America
Ciudad Ayala is worth a stop: 5 minutes from San Pedro Apatlaco, 47km from Popocatépetl.
Ciudad Ayala is in Morelos, Mexico, with about 6,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is San Pedro Apatlaco, about 4 km away.
Ciudad Ayala is a city in the east-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. It is named for Coronel Francisco Ayala who fought with José María Morelos during the 1812 Siege of Cuautla. The town's previous name was Mapachtlan. Ayala became a municipality on April 17, 1869.
Ciudad Ayala had a population of 6,190Read more
inhabitants in 2005, and 6335 in 2020. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ayala, had a population of 85,521 inhabitants in 2015 and it has an area of 345.69 km2 (133.47 sq mi) and 89,834 in 2020. The municipality includes towns San Pedro Apatlaco, Anenecuilco, and Tenextepango, which are all larger than Ciudad Ayala. The city was previously known as San Francisco Mapachtlan but was renamed in 1868 to honor Francisco Ayala (1760–1812), who was the first leader in the modern state of Morelos to join the Cry of Dolores in 1810.
The town of Anenecuilco, birthplace of Emiliano Zapata, is within this municipality; as is the Hacienda de San Juan, near the town of Chinameca, where he was betrayed and assassinated. Ayala itself is best known for giving the name to Emiliano Zapata's manifesto: the Plan of Ayala.
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Within an hour or so of Ciudad Ayala: Tepoztlán (27 km), Popocatépetl (47 km), Paso de Cortés (50 km), Xochimilco Floating Gardens (56 km).
The nearest famous roads are Paso de Cortés.
Ciudad Ayala is in Morelos, Mexico, about 4 km from San Pedro Apatlaco.
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Essential numbers in Mexico
Green Angels (free tourist roadside assistance on federal highways): 078.
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landmark
A Morelos town under sheer volcanic cliffs, with a hilltop 13th-century pyramid to the pulque god reached by a steep hour's climb, a fortress-like Dominican convent, and a market known for exotic ice creams.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
An active 5,426 m stratovolcano southeast of Mexico City, visible from the Puebla highway; the Paso de Cortés road runs on its saddle.
47 km · about 55 min drive
mountain pass
The 3,600-m saddle between the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, reached by a paved mountain road from Amecameca: the route Cortés marched into the Valley of Mexico in 1519.
50 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A network of ancient Aztec canals and artificial islands where colorful trajinera boats glide past floating gardens and mariachi bands.
56 km · about 65 min drive
ancient ruins
Site of the Cuauhcalli, or House of Eagles: one of the very few temples in the Americas carved directly out of solid bedrock, reached by 400 steps up the Hill of the Idols above a quiet colonial town.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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