Tecamachalco, State of Mexico

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

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Geography

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

There is a small commercial village where folks can come in and buy things in this otherwise residential area.

Demographics

Approximately 3,300 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]

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References

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