Estación Carcaña
Estación Carcaña is a railway station in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla and has an elevation of 2,150 metres. Estación Carcaña is situated nearby to the town San Andrés Cholula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Pyramid of Cholula and Cholula.
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Archaeological site
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The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid in the world, as well as the largest pyramid by volume known to exist in the world today. Great Pyramid of Cholula is situated 2½ km southwest of Estación Carcaña.
Cholula
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Cholula was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier. Cholula is situated 3 km southwest of Estación Carcaña.
MUSEO REGIONAL DE CHOLULA
Museum
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MUSEO REGIONAL DE CHOLULA is a museum, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Estación Carcaña.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Andrés Cholula and Cholula.
San Andrés Cholula
Town
San Andrés Cholula is the municipal seat of San Andrés Cholula Municipality located in the Metropolitan area of Puebla, in the center west of the state of Puebla in the central highlands of Mexico, 122 km east of Mexico City and eight kilometres west of the city of Puebla. San Andrés Cholula is situated 3 km southwest of Estación Carcaña.
Cholula
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Cholula is a city in Puebla state, 15 km west of the city of Puebla. It is a mid-size city with a population of about 150,000. The Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest pyramid on a platform in the world.
Puebla
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Puebla is a city in Mexico. It is in the Puebla Valley, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, slightly over 110 km south-east of Mexico City.
Estación Carcaña
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Estacion Carcana”
- Category: transportation
- Location: San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.075° or 19° 4′ 30″ northLongitude
-98.28333° or 98° 17′ westElevation
2,150 metres (7,054 feet)Open location code
76F33PG8+2MGeoNames ID
3818743
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