Santiago Atepetlac

Santiago Atepetlac is a quarter in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,247 metres. Santiago Atepetlac is situated nearby to the neighborhood Los Remedios, as well as near Colonia Progreso Nacional.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenayuca and Mexico City Arena.

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.

Mexico City Arena

Stadium

Photo: Santix1988, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mexico City Arena, marketed as Arena CDMX, is an indoor arena in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico. It hosts concerts, sports, and other events. It officially opened on February 25, 2012. Mexico City Arena is situated 3 km southwest of Santiago Atepetlac.

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 north of Santiago Atepetlac.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Villa de Guadalupe and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.

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.

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes

Neighborhood

Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west. Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is situated 7 km south of Santiago Atepetlac.