Ecatepec de Morelos Municipality
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| Motto: Autonomía Unión Trabajo (Autonomy Union Work) | ||
 Location of Ecatepec in the State of Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 19°36′35″N 99°03′36″W / 19.60972°N 99.06000°W | ||
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| Metro area | Greater Mexico City | |
| Municipal Status | October 13, 1877 | |
| Municipal Seat | San Cristóbal Ecatepec | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Ayuntamiento | |
| • Municipal President | Indalecio Ríos Velázquez (2016-2018) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 160.17 km2 (61.84 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi) | |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,250 m (7,380 ft) | |
| Population (2010 Census) | ||
| • Total | 1,656,107 | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | |
| Postal code (of seat) | 55000 | |
| Area code(s) | 55 | |
| Demonym | Ecatepense | |
| Website | Official website (Spanish) | |
Ecatepec, (Spanish 
[ekateˈpek] once officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a city and municipality in the State of Mexico. Both are usually known simply as "Ecatepec". The city is practically co-extensive with the municipality, with the city's 2005 population of 1,687,549 being 99.9% of the total municipal population of 1,688,258. The provisional population at the 2010 Census was 1,658,806. The city forms the most populous suburb of Mexico City (Ciudad de México) and the 15th-most-populous suburb in the world. It's also Mexico's 2nd most populous municipality (after Itzapalapa of CDMX).
The name "Ecatepec" is derived from Nahuatl, and means "windy hill" or "hill devoted to Ehecatl". It was also an alternative name or invocation to Quetzalcoatl. "Morelos" is the last name of José María Morelos, a hero of the Mexican War of Independence.
Most inhabitants commute to Mexico City for work, and recently the Mexico City metro subway system was extended into Ecatepec.
"San Cristóbal" (Saint Christopher) is the city's patron saint, whose feast day is celebrated on July 25 of each year.
Points of interest include the newest Catholic Cathedral in Mexico, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, several colonial era churches and the colonel edifice Casa de los virreyes.
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