Sierra de Tepoztlan

View of the mountain from the town of Tepoztlán.
View of El Tepozteco

Sierra de Tepoztlan or Tepozteco Mountain is located near the village of Tepoztlán, a Pueblo Mágico, in Morelos, Mexico. The mountain range, "vulnerable to landslides, erosions, and flooding", contains only small areas of land which are appropriate for cultivation.[1] It contains the ruins of a small, pre-Hispanic,[2] Ometochtli temple,[3] known as El Tepozteco. It is believed that there were a number of settlements at one time at the mountain base.[4]

The Sierra is in El Tepozteco National Park, which was established in 1937.[5]

  1. ^ Marcos 2010, p. 74.
  2. ^ Sawyer, Kvarnström & Lundberg 2009, p. 24.
  3. ^ Deane 2011, p. 299.
  4. ^ Lomnitz 2001, p. 305.
  5. ^ Urbina Torres, Fernando, Aquiles Argote Cortés, and César D. Jiménez Piedragil (1997). "Protected Areas of Morelos". in Aid, Charles S., Michael F. Carter, and A. Townsend Peterson. Protected Areas of Western Mexico: Status, Management, and Needs. Colorado Bird Observatory, September 1, 1997. Accessed 14 November 2021. [1]