Mexicuizapan

Mexicuizapan is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,255 metres. Mexicuizapan is situated nearby to the neighborhood Matías Romero Zona Norte, as well as near Matías Romero Zona Sur.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia Mexicuizapan”
Postal code: 07269

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenayuca and Santa Cecilia Acatitlan.

Tenayuca

Archaeological site

Photo: Maunus, Public domain.

Tenayuca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco.

Santa Cecilia Acatitlan

Park

Photo: Gargancio, Public domain.

Acatitlan is an archeological zone of the early Aztec culture located in the town of Santa Cecilia, in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz in the State of Mexico, about 10 km northwest of Mexico City. Santa Cecilia Acatitlan is situated 3½ km northwest of Mexicuizapan.

Estadio Wilfrido Massieu

Stadium

Photo: Aaha, Public domain.

Estadio Wilfrido Massieu is an outdoor stadium located north of Mexico City, within the "Adolfo Lopez Mateos" campus of the National Polytechnic Institute. Estadio Wilfrido Massieu is situated 3½ km south of Mexicuizapan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Villa de Guadalupe and Azcapotzalco.

La Villa de Guadalupe

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

La Villa de Guadalupe is in the northern part of Mexico City, part of the delegación of Gustavo A. Madero. It is home to the Basílica de Guadalupe complex at the base of Tepeyac Hill, perhaps Roman Catholicism's holiest site in Latin America.

Azcapotzalco

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Azcapotzalco is a district in northwestern Mexico City. Visitors to Mexico City are most likely to come to this area for events at the Arena de Ciudad de Mexico or to visit its well-known parks.