San Cristóbal Ecatepec
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San Cristóbal Ecatepec de Morelos is a city in the State of México and the seat of the municipio of Ecatepec de Morelos. "Ecatepec" is derived from Nahuatl, and means "windy hill" and "Morelos" is the last name of the hero of the Mexican War of Independence (José María Morelos.)
Ecatepec has a population of approximately 3,500,000 and is located in El estado de Mexico" [1]. Most inhabitants commute to Mexico City for work, and recently the Mexico City subway system was extended into Ecatepec.
Points of interest include the newest Catholic cathedral in Mexico, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, several colonial era churches and the colonal edifice Casa de los virreyes. The national hero José María Morelos y Pavón was executed in Ecatepec in 1815 by the Spanish during the Mexican war of independence.
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