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Atizapan

Atizapán de Zaragoza
Town & Municipality
Location of Atizapán de Zaragoza in the State of Mexico
Location of Atizapán de Zaragoza in the State of Mexico
Coordinates: 19°33′40″N 99°14′49″W / 19.56111°N 99.24694°W / 19.56111; -99.24694
Country  Mexico
State

State of Mexico State of Mexico


Region Tlalnepantla
Metro area Greater Mexico City
Municipal Status September 3, 1874
Municipal Seat Ciudad López Mateos
Government
 • Type Ayuntamiento
 • Municipal President Pedro David Rodríguez Villegas (2013-2015)
Area
 • Municipality 91.07 km2 (35.16 sq mi)
 • Water 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Elevation (of seat) 2,280 m (7,480 ft)
Population (2010 Census) 
 • Municipality 489,937
 • City 489,160
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code (of seat) 52975
Area code(s) 55
Demonym Atizapense
Website Official website (Spanish)

State of Mexico State of Mexico

Ciudad López Mateos is a city in State of Mexico, Mexico, and the seat of the municipality called Atizapán de Zaragoza. It takes its name from the nahuatl word Ātīzapan, which is formed by three words: "", which means "water", "tīza-tl", which means "white clay" and "īpan, which means "over" or "place over" in a metaphorical form. Finished this, the name means "Place over clay waters". Atizapán is located east from Toluca, and inside the Greater Mexico City limits.

The city was previously named Atizapán de Zaragoza, but the official name was changed after president Adolfo López Mateos, who was born in that town. However, the city is still commonly known as Atizapán. There were 489,160 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It is the seventh-largest city in the state. The city is the municipal seat of the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza, and is almost coextensive with it.

At the west side of the city is the Zona Esmeralda district (the Lomas de Valle Escondido and surrounding neighborhoods) , considered one of the wealthiest in the State of Mexico and Greater Mexico City. The Valle Escondido and Chiluca country clubs are located here.

During the French Intervention, general Ignacio Zaragoza stayed here, and used the town for the gathering of weapons.


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