Why visit Xico
Townapedia lists 12 museums and landmarks, 16 parks and trails, 10 places to eat and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Tlapacoya.
Weather in Xico
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About Xico
Xico is a city in the State of Mexico, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of Valle de Chalco municipality, with which it is, for all practical purposes, coterminous. The municipality lies adjacent to the east side of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is part of the Mexico City metropolitan area. The city and municipality lie on the old lakebed of Lake Chalco, which was drained like much of the Basin of Mexico.
From the Wikipedia article Xico, Valle de Chalco (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do2
Museums and landmarks12
Monumento Adolfo López Mateos
Monument and historic site · 1.4 km
Monumento Aguila, sobre la avenida Adolfo López Mateos en Valle de Chalco Solidaridad
Parks, trails and playgrounds16
Plazoleta del Municipio Valle de Chalco
Park
Plazoleta Parque Municipal Valle de Chalco Solidaridad
4 more on the map.
Restaurants and cafes10
History
Early pre-Hispanic history refers to the area around the Cerro de Xico as the Island of Xico as most of the modern city was underwater until relatively recently. The area was mostly fishing villages from 900 BC to 100 AD. However, from 550 to 650, the area was dominated by the Teotihuacan culture. From 650 to 750, an Otomi settlement gained prominence. The Acxotecas arrived around 1328, the same time that chinampa farming began here. Xico was conquered by the Aztec Tezozomoc in 1381, after which groups of Mexicas settle here extending the chinampa farming system in the 14th and 15th centuries. The area was ceded to Hernán Cortés by the Spanish king in 1529. The modern area began in the 19th century when Porfirio Díaz ordered the draining of Lake Chalco which devastated the economies of the former coastline communities. The Mexican Revolution tried to compensate these communities by the creation of ejidos, the two largest here being Estación Xico with 507 hectares and San Miguel Xico with 250 hectares. These ejidos, as well as the present-day city and municipality, rest almost entirely on former lakebed.
From the History section of Xico, Valle de Chalco on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship17
Shopping6
Gas and EV charging2
Schools, colleges and libraries14
Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de México No. 4 Valle de Chalco Solidaridad
School · 2.4 km
Healthcare2
Map of Xico
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Getting there and nearby towns
Mexico City International Airport (MEX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 22 km away.
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Xochimilco 17 km west, about 17 min by car
- Iztacalco 21 km northwest, about 21 min by car
- Tlalpan 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Mexico City 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Benito Juarez 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Cuauhtémoc 28 km northwest, about 28 min by car
- Miguel Hidalgo 32 km northwest, about 32 min by car
- Azcapotzalco 34 km northwest, about 34 min by car
- Ecatepec de Morelos 37 km north, about 37 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Cerro de Xico, Yavidaxiu, CC BY 3.0
- 4 Tlapacoya figurines, Madman2001, CC BY-SA 3.0
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