Tecamachalco is the common name for the

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suburban neighbourhood, colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, which forms part of the city of

Naucalpan Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is one of Municipalities of the State of Mexico, 125 Municipalities of Mexico State, and is located just northwest of Mexico City. The municipal seat is the city of Naucalpan de Juárez, which extends ...

, in Naucalpan and Huixquilucan municipalities, in the

Geography

The neighbourhood lies along Avenida de los Bosques and Avenida de las Fuentes. Tecamachalco is bordered by: * on the southwest, the Universidad Anahuac and the Interlomas area * on the northeast, colonias Lomas Hipódromo and across the border in the

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, 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. 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.

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 the 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 chicken, 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. The Mexican-Israeli entrepreneur Isaac Assa, head of Grupo Assa and president of the ILAN Foundation, spent his childhood and youth in this neighbourhood.

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* {{coord missing, State of Mexico Jewish communities in Mexico Naucalpan de Juárez Neighborhoods in the State of Mexico