Cuautitlán Izcalli

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Cuautitlan Izcalli
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Official Name	Cuautitlan Izcalli
Country - State: - Municipality	Mexico Mexico {{{Municipality}}}
Population (2005)	498,021 hab
Altitude	msl
Coordinates - Latitude: - Longitude:	19° 40’ 50’’ N N 99° 12’ 25’’ W W
Foundation - Foundation:	June 22nd, 1973
Mayor	David Ulises Guzmán Palma
Political party	PAN
Time zone:	UTC -6
Demonym	Izcallense
Postal code
Area code	55
Website: www.cizcalli.gob.mx

Cuautitlán Izcalli (pronounced Coauh-titlán eez-calli) is a city and its surrounding municipality in México State, Mexico. The city had a 2005 census population of 477,872 (the sixth-largest city in the state), while the municipality of which it is municipal seat had a population of 498,021. The municipality has an areal extent of 109.9 km² (42.43 sq mi). The largest community in the municipality besides the city of Cuautitlán Izcalli is the town of Huilango.

It is bordered by the municipalities of Cuautitlán, Tultitlán, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Nicolás Romero, Tepotzotlán, and Teoloyucán.

Originally planned as the first self-sufficient city in Mexico's capital, Cuautitlán Izcalli was born in the 1970's taking territory mostly from Cuautitlán de Romero Rubio (now Cuautitlán). The city was designed using plans from European and American cities, sporting an industrial area, a residential area and several green lands.

However, after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the self-sufficient plans started to flop, after several citizens started to look for zones with no seismic danger.

Nowadays, almost 75% of the people work in nearby cities, such as Satellite City and Mexico City which has flooded the only highway available to get outside, Periférico.

Several shopping malls have been opened in the recent years, including San Miguel and San Marcos, which to compete with Perinorte.

There is a Ford Motor Company plant, assembling the Ford F-Series trucks.

Juan Manuel Gliffard, who was from Cuautitlán, took part in the discussions leading to the Constitution of 1917, under the rule of Venustiano Carranza. He was exiled in 1923.