Chimalhuacán

Chimalhuacán is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the eastern part of the state of México in Mexico. It lies just outside the northeast border of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is part of the Greater Mexico City urban area. The city is practically coextensive with the municipality. The census of 2005 reported a population of 524,223 for the city and 525,389 for the municipality as a whole. The municipality has an area of 46.61 km² (17.996 sq mi). The adjacent municipalities are Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Atenco, Texcoco, Chicoloapan, and La Paz. The city is the fifth largest in the state in population (after Ecatepec de Morelos, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Naucalpan de Juárez, and Tlalnepantla de Baz).