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