Ajalpan is a city in the southeastern part of the state of Puebla in Mexico.

It has come to fame recently for the lynching of two pollsters in October, 2015, when townspeople mistook them for kidnappers and burned them alive.

One of the products commonly associated with Ajalpan are the red clay roofing shingles or tiles known as 'tejas'.

[citation needed] The region around Ajalpan is fairly arid and there are many types of cactus growing round about.

The prickly pear (or 'tuna'/'pitajaya' (in Nahuatl: nōchtli )) grows naturally in the area and is harvested by the inhabitants who eat the fruit or use the sweet juice in drinks.