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San Carlos Destination Guide

Explore San Carlos in Mexico

San Carlos in the region of Veracruz-Llave is a place in Mexico - some 313 mi or ( 504 km ) East of Mexico City , the country's capital city .

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Time in San Carlos is now 05:48 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Mexico City " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Villahermosa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Sahualaca, Puebla, and Oaxaca. Since you are here already, consider visiting Villahermosa . Where to go and what to see in San Carlos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán

San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán (or San Lorenzo) is the collective name for three related archaeological sites—San Lorenzo, Tenochtitlán and Potrero Nuevo—located in the southeast portion of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Along with La Venta and Tres Zapotes, it was one of the three major cities of the Olmec (it was the major center of Olmec culture from 1200 BCE to 900 BCE).

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Located at 17.75 -94.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Archaeology of the Americas, Former populated places in Mexico, Olmec sites

Hidalgotitlán, Veracruz

Hidalgotitlán is a town in the Mexican state of Veracruz, with a population of near 18,000 in 2000. Its name derives from two words: one Spanish and the other indigenous. The first part is the family name Hidalgo (after the father of the modern Mexican nation, Miguel Hidalgo) and the second part is -tlan, a Nahuatl suffix that means "place". The settlement stands on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, on the left bank of the River Coatzacoalcos.

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Located at 17.78 -94.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Populated places in Veracruz

Olmec heartland

The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast region between the Tuxtla mountains and the Olmec archaeological site of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km (50 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest. It is today, as it was during the height of the Olmec civilization, a tropical lowland forest environment, crossed by meandering rivers.

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Located at 17.83 -94.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Geography of Mesoamerica, Olmec