Tecamachalco, State of Mexico

Tecamachalco is the common name for a Mexico City suburban neighborhood, colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, which forms part of the city of Naucalpan, in Naucalpan and Huixquilucan municipalities, in the State of Mexico.

Geography

The neighborhood lies along Avenida de los Bosques and Avenida de las Fuentes. Tecamachalco is bordered by:^[1]

on the southwest, the Universidad Anahuac and the Interlomas area
on the northeast, colonias Lomas Hipódromo and across the border in the Federal District, that is, Mexico City proper, the Hipódromo de las Américas
on the southeast, colonia Bosques de las Lomas in Mexico City proper
on the northwest, the colonias Lomas Anahuac and La Herradura, also in the city of Naucalpan within Huixquilucan municipality.

Demographics

Approximately 3300 families live in Tecamachalco, heavily skewed towards older residents, and about 40% is Jewish.^[2]

Jewish community

The intersection of Avenida de las Fuentes and Fuente de la Templanza is referred to by residents as the Distrito Federal’s Little Tel Aviv. On Friday night or Saturday morning, many Jewish residents walk to temple, some men in hats and women in wigs.

Jewish shops include the "Kosher Palace" store, which plays Israeli music and sells spices from Israel, halva, Israeli chocolate spread, New York pretzels, football-size jars of pickles, frozen schnitzel, falafel, and a wide variety of kosher products. The Shuky Centre is a multi-story kosher food hall with separate sections for meat and milk, selling shawarma, sushi, kosher Mexican food, Syrian lavash bread, kosher chickens, and challot. Other Jewish shops include the Sinai Deli and Bakery, Sastreria Saul, butcher shops, and kosher taquerias.

There are Jewish schools and at least six synagogues and temples, which are unmarked.^[3]

External links

Ann Summa, Liza Monroy, Jeff Spurrier, Rachel Tavel, Neighborhoods off the beaten path: Tecamachalco, MTV, p. 87

References

↑ Ciudad de México, 2014 Gran Formato. Guía Roji. 2014.
↑ "En Tecamachalco siguen violaciones al uso del suelo" [In Tecamachalco, zoning violations continue], El Universal (in Spanish), 2008-02-27, retrieved 2013-10-15
↑ Vivienne Stanton (September 13, 2010), The many faces of Jewish Mexico

Naucalpan

Schools	Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt Campus Norte/Campus Nord British American School Greengates School Irish Institute Colegio Cristóbal Colón Colegio Miraflores Academia Maddox Escuela Sierra Nevada San Mateo Campus

Landmarks	Ciudad Satélite Lomas Verdes Los Remedios National Park Metro Cuatro Caminos Plaza Satélite Tecamachalco Torres de Satélite

This list is incomplete.

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