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Morelos is a state in . Morelos is a perfect place to learn about Mexico's history and culture, visit the Xochicalco archaeological site, and the 16th-century monasteries on the slopes of Popocatepetl, which have been declared World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Cuernavaca and Xochicalco.

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, City of Eternal Spring, is the capital of the state of Morelos. A popular vacation place due to its comfortable year-round climate, beautiful parks and gardens, and its convenient location within the country.

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is a large archaeological site in the state of Morelos. is the 4th most visited archaeological site in Mexico, according to INAH.

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is a small city of about 157,000 people in the state of Morelos. The city figured prominently in the Mexican Revolution as a Zapatista stronghold and the site of two significant battles with federal troops.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tepoztlan and Xochitepec.

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Tepoztlán is a popular tourist destination an hour south of . It's famous for the El Tepozteco pyramid, which is on the summit of the nearby Tepozteco Mountain.

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is a small town in the state of Morelos. It is a popular weekend getaway for couples in Mexico City due to its relatively close proximity, its atmosphere of Colonial Mexico with several old churches and nearby haciendas, and its nearby villages with their colorful local traditions.

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is a town in the state of Morelos. The town is one of the most scenic and culturally rich in the region and is designated as one of Mexico's Pueblos Magicos.

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is in the southern part of the state of Morelos. is a weekend destination for people who enjoy water sports of all kinds. There are at least a half dozen waterparks around town with tubes, chutes, wave pools and lazy rivers for tube floating.

is a small town in the state of Morelos. Historical travelers will appreciate its storied past with a 16th century monastery, a number of other historic churches, and the site of a notorious Mexican Revolution battle in which Carrancista troops committed atrocities on locals.

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, usually referred to as simply Zacualpan, is a small rural town of about 9,000 residents in the state of Morelos.

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is a city of 7,000 people in Morelos. The main industry of the city is domestic tourism due to the warm weather and the large campus which includes several economic hotels, cabanas, campsites, several pools, and a waterpark.

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is an archaeological site of a 3,500 year old Olmec city in the state of Morelos in . It is one of Mexico's oldest archaeological sites and is regarded as one of the places where Mesoamerican civilizations first developed.

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is a national park in that straddles the boundary between the states of Morelos and Estado de Mexico. It is a large park that protects seven highland lakes.

is a protected natural area in the state of Morelos in . The reserve protects a mountainous area that includes river basin of the Rio Balsas, an area with several ecosystems and a diversity of vegetation and animal life.

Morelos

Latitude of center
18.75° or 18° 45′ north
Longitude of center
-99° or 99° west
Population
1,970,000
Elevation
1,169 metres (3,835 feet)
Abbreviation
“MOR”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626895
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3522961
Wiki­data ID
Q66117
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Morelos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Morelos”
  • Arabic: “ولاية موريلوس”
  • Arabic: “ولايه موريلوس”
  • Aragonese: “Morelos”
  • Armenian: “Մորելոս”
  • Aymara: “Morelos Istadu”
  • Aymara: “Morelos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Morelos”
  • Balinese: “Morelos”
  • Basque: “Morelos”
  • Belarusian: “Марэлас”
  • Belarusian: “Марэляс”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Марэлас”
  • Bengali: “মোরেলোস”
  • Bosnian: “Morelos”
  • Breton: “Morelos”
  • Bulgarian: “Морелос”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Morelos”
  • Catalan: “Morelos”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Morelos”
  • Cebuano: “Morelos”
  • Chechen: “Морелос”
  • Cheyenne: “Morelos”
  • Chinese: “Morelos Chiu”
  • Chinese: “莫雷洛斯州”
  • Cornish: “Morelos”
  • Croatian: “Morelos”
  • Czech: “Morelos”
  • Danish: “Morelos”
  • Dutch: “Morelos”
  • Esperanto: “Morelos”
  • Esperanto: “Moreloso”
  • Estonian: “Morelos”
  • Estonian: “Morelose osariik”
  • Finnish: “Morelos”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos”
  • French: “État de Morelos”
  • French: “Morelos”
  • French: “MX-MOR”
  • Galician: “Estado de Morelos”
  • Galician: “Morelos”
  • Georgian: “მორელოსი”
  • German: “Morelos”
  • German: “MX-MOR”
  • Greek: “Μορέλος”
  • Guarani: “Morelos”
  • Hausa: “Morelos”
  • Hebrew: “מורלוס”
  • Hungarian: “Morelos”
  • Icelandic: “Morelos”
  • Ido: “Morelos”
  • Iloko: “Morelos”
  • Indonesian: “Morelos”
  • Interlingua: “Morelos”
  • Irish: “Morelos”
  • Italian: “Morelos”
  • Japanese: “モレーロス州”
  • Japanese: “モレロス州”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Morelos”
  • Korean: “모렐로스”
  • Korean: “모렐로스주”
  • Ladino: “Morelos”
  • Latin: “Morelum”
  • Latvian: “Morelosa”
  • Lithuanian: “Morelas”
  • Lithuanian: “Morelos”
  • Lithuanian: “Morelosas”
  • Lithuanian: “Moreloso valstija”
  • Low German: “Morelos”
  • Macedonian: “Морелос”
  • Malagasy: “Morelos”
  • Malay: “Morelos”
  • Marathi: “मोरेलोस”
  • Mazanderani: “مورلوس ایالت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morelos Chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morelos”
  • Northern Frisian: “Morelos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morelos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morelos”
  • Norwegian: “Morelos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Morelos”
  • Ossetian: “Морелос”
  • Pampanga: “Morelos”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੋਰੇਲੋਸ”
  • Persian: “ایالت مورلوس”
  • Persian: “مورلوس”
  • Piemontese: “Morelos”
  • Polish: “Morelos”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Morelos”
  • Portuguese: “Morelos”
  • Quechua: “Morelos suyu”
  • Quechua: “Morelos”
  • Romanian: “Morelos”
  • Romansh: “Morelos”
  • Russian: “Морелос”
  • Scots: “Morelos”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Morelos”
  • Serbian: “Држава Морелос”
  • Serbian: “Морелос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Morelos”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morelos”
  • Sinhala: “මොරෙලෝස් ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Slovak: “Morelos”
  • Slovenian: “Morelos”
  • Slovenian: “MX-MOR”
  • Slovenian: “Svobodna in suverena država Morelos”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Morelos”
  • Spanish: “La Poderosa”
  • Spanish: “Morelos”
  • Swahili: “Morelos”
  • Swedish: “Morelos”
  • Tagalog: “Morelos”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Морелос”
  • Tatar: “Морелос (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Морелос”
  • Thai: “Morelos”
  • Thai: “รัฐโมเรโลส”
  • Tumbuka: “Morelos”
  • Turkish: “Morelos”
  • Ukrainian: “Морелос”
  • Urdu: “موریلوس”
  • Uzbek: “Morelos”
  • Venetian: “Morelos”
  • Vietnamese: “Morelos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morelos”
  • Welsh: “Morelos”
  • Western Panjabi: “مورلاس”
  • Wu Chinese: “莫雷洛斯州”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫雷洛斯州”
  • “Morelos”
  • “Tlahuicapan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Morelos”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.