 The city has a number of old houses with gardens and patios from the city's heyday, and Parque Chichipilco is popular with families and holds cultural events.La Maquina Vieja is an old industrial structure dating from 1840, located just outside the city.The city of San Andrés Tuxtla is the local government for 261 communities, which together extend over an area of 957.2km2.