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Discover San Antonio Limon in Mexico

San Antonio Limon in the region of Veracruz-Llave is a town located in Mexico - some 116 mi or ( 187 km ) East of Mexico City , the country's capital .

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Local time in San Antonio Limon is now 10:13 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Villa Aldama, Tenextepec, San Antonio Alchichica, Quechulac, and Puebla. When in this area, you might want to check out Villa Aldama . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in San Antonio Limon ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Andrea Diving Alchichica

2:53 min by Santiago Castanon
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Andrea Diving Alchichica ..

Driving Xalapa - Passing Perote

3:58 min by JameSienk
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Great views of the Cofre de Perote, Pico de Orizaba (Citlalteptl), and the Prison. The weather could not have been better. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

La Chingada, Veracruz

La Chingada is a town in the municipality of Perote in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The place is famous for its name, the Mexican Spanish vulgarism La Chingada. It means, roughly, "The Fucked", a vulgar but common reference to La Malinche, the Indian mistress of Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. The term "La Chingada" is used in a variety of mostly offensive or vulgar meanings, Vete a la Chingada means, for example something like "Go to hell".

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Located at 19.45 -97.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Populated places in Veracruz

Oriental Basin

The Oriental Basin is an endorheic basin in east-central Mexico. It covers an area of 4,958.60 square kilometers, lying in the states of Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz. The climate is temperate and subtropical, semi-arid to subhumid, with summer rains. Average annual temperature 12-16°C, and annual total precipitation is 400–800 mm. The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests ecoregion covers the mountains surrounding the basin to the west, north, and east.

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Located at 19.42 -97.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Central Mexico, Endorheic basins, Flora of Central Mexico, Valleys of Mexico

Perote, Veracruz

Perote is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name, which borders on Las Vigas de Ramírez, Acajete, Xico and Tlalnelhuayocan, and the state of Puebla. It is on Federal Highway 140. Its climate is regular cold and dry with an annual average temperature of 12 Celsius. Perote's fortress of San Carlos once served as a prison. Guadalupe Victoria died there.

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Located at 19.56 -97.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Veracruz

San Carlos Fortress

The San Carlos Fortress is a fort in the city of Perote, in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is also known as the Fort of San Carlos, Perote Castle, the Castle of San Carlos, Perote Prison, San Carlos de Perote Fortress, and San Carlos de Perote Castle. The fortress was built from 1770 to 1776 by Manuel de Santisteban as a guard post and repository for treasure prior to shipment to Spain.

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Located at 19.57 -97.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Veracruz, Defunct prisons in Mexico, History of Veracruz, Visitor attractions in Veracruz, World Heritage Sites in Mexico

Cantona (Mesoamerican site)

Cantona, (La casa del sol) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in Mexico. It is located in the state of Puebla, on the border with Veracruz, about an hour's drive from the city of Puebla and about an hour and a half from Xalapa, Veracruz. Limited archaeological work has been done at the site, and only about 10% of the site can be seen. (There are opinions that only 1% has been uncovered) .

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Located at 19.57 -97.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Mexico, Archaeological sites in Puebla, Former populated places in Mexico, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican sites, Visitor attractions in Puebla