Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico State

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Coordinates: 19°40′50″N 99°12′25″W / 19.68056, -99.20694
Cuautitlán Izcalli

Country	Mexico
State	Mexico State
Municipality	Cuautitlán Izcalli
Municipal seat	Cuautitlán Izcalli
Founded	June 22nd, 1973
Government
- Mayor	David Ulises Guzmán Palma
Area
- Municipality	109.9 km² (42.43 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	498,021
- Demonym	Izcallense
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	55
Website: http://www.cizcalli.gob.mx

Cuautitlán Izcalli (pronounced kwa-ooh-tit-LAN eez-CAL-ee) is a city and municipality in Mexico State, México. The name comes from Náhuatl and means 'your house between the trees.' ^[1]

1 The city
2 The municipality
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] The city

The 2005 census made it the sixth most populous in the state, its population of 477,872 dominating a municipality of 498,021 people.^[2]

[edit] The municipality

As municipal seat, the city of Cuautitlán Izcalli has governing jurisdiction over the following communties: Axotlán, Ej. Sta. Ma. Tianguistenco (Ej. el Rosario), Ejido de Guadalupe, El Cerrito, Las Tinajas, Los Ailes, and San Pablo de los Gallos

The second largest community in the municipal area of 109.9km² (42.43 square miles) 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.

Cuautitlán Izcalli was born in the 1970s, carved mostly out of Cuautitlán de Romero Rubio (now simply 'Cuautitlán'). Originally planned as the first self-sufficient city in the neighbourhood of México City, the city's design was based on European and American cities and included an industrial, a residential and several green areas. After the 1985 México City earthquake, however, the plans fell apart due to a large influx of Chilangos searching for zones, such as Cuautitlán Izcalli, with no seismic danger.

Nowadays almost 75% of the municipality's residents work in nearby cities such as Satellite City and México City, causing enormous congestion on the only highway available, the Periférico.

Several shopping malls have opened in recent years, including San Miguel and San Marcos, which compete with Perinorte to the south of the municipality. There is a Ford Motor Company plant, assembling Ford F-Series trucks, and a Bacardi spirits factory.

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.