Cuautitlán Izcalli () is a city and one of the 125 municipalities that make up the State of Mexico. Its municipal seat is Cuautitlán Izcalli. It is located in the Valley of Mexico area, and is part of the Metropolitan area of Mexico City. It borders to the north and northwest with Tepotzotlán, to the northeast and to the east with Cuautitlán, to the south with Tlalnepantla de Baz, to the southeast with Tultitlán, to the southwest with Atizapán de Zaragoza and to the west with the municipality of Nicolás Romero.
In 2026, the United Nations (UN) through its UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) placed the city and municipality in position number 20 of its M20 list, which listed the Mexican cities, municipalities and mayoralties with the greatest well-being and human development index (HDI).
Identity elements
Shield It is formed by a red triangle, fragmented in the center of each of its sides and with rounded corners, which represents the conjunction of the municipalities of Cuautitlán, Tepotzotlán and Tultitlán; Inside the triangle, a white circle stands out with ramifications towards each of the sides that form it. Forming a single image, a letter «C», in green, and a letter «I», in black, appear integrated.
Glyph The glyph is formed by a tree with a tooth open in the center of the trunk, and means "abundance between the heads". The spindles or malacates with the cotton are the glyph that represented the goddess Tlazolteotl, protector of the weavers, and Izcalli is represented by the glyph calli, "house".
History There is proof that the place that the municipality occupies today has been important for more than two thousand years, when indigenous groups, including hunters nomadics and settled peoples, such as the teotihuacanos, the Toltecs, Chichimecas and Olmecs, occupied the territory. With the defeat and fall of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1521, the kingdom of Spain exercised its power in the newly conquered regions. Hernán Cortés entrusted the town of Cuautitlán to Alonso de Ávila and this, to his brother Gil González Dávila. During this time, Cuautitlán was one of the first places where the Franciscan friars taught their doctrine, because a nephew of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, the Señor de Tenayuca (), reigned there.
In the period of the independence war, in order to control by the Spanish the participation of the "rebels" in the war, a proclamation was issued to the sub-delegate of Cuautitlán, offering the grace of pardon to all those who belonged to its jurisdiction and who participated in the movement. Already promulgated, in 1827, the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Mexico, the Departmental Board decreed on December 23, 1837, that the department of Mexico be divided into 13 districts, of which the fourth was Cuautitlán.
In 1855, nine districts and 33 districts were delimited, and the fifth was named Tlalnepantla, made up of that locality, Cuautitlán, Tlalpan and Zumpango. The history and strategic location gave rise to the original towns of the municipality: Axotlán, San Juan Atlamica, La Aurora, Santa Bárbara Tlacatecpan, San José Huilango, San Lorenzo Riotenco, San Mateo Ixtacalco, San Martín Tepetlixpan, Santa María Tianguistengo, San Francisco Tepojaco, Santiago Tepalcapa, El Rosario, and San Sebastián Xhala.
To keep the workers close to the various factories that flourished in the city, especially in the town of La Aurora, 225 adobe or tepetate houses were built around the facilities known as rancherías. They had services such as: drinking water, drainage, bathrooms, a tienda de raya () called "La Vizcaya", a school (they were provided with supplies such as notebooks, pencils, books), streets and passenger cars for their transportation. La Vizcaya was the first factory that existed in this direction of Cuautitlán and that shipped products by rail.
In 1965, Gonzalo Monroy Ortega, then municipal president of Cuautitlán, asked the local legislature to make the colony of La Aurora disappear to become part of the town of La Aurora, but this request was not answered positively, because the two towns are only separated by a canal. On April 1, 1961, La Vizcaya closed due to the competition that arose at that time with the production of products derived from petroleum, which reduced the sale and distribution of coastals of natural fibers.
On July 31, 1971, the then President of the Republic, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, laid the first stone of the city, located next to what is now the Parque de las Esculturas. Originally, Cuautitlán Izcalli was planned to be the first self-sufficient city in the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico, and for this, a large part of the territory of existing municipalities was taken, such as Cuautitlán, Tepotzotlán, Tultitlán and Atizapán de Zaragoza. Like many other projects of the time, one of the objectives of building this city was the regulation of population growth and the reduction of congestion in the metropolitan area. The city was created using the plans of European and American cities as a base, which helped to transform the land into appropriate areas for the establishment of work, service and housing centers, with the idea of having sports areas and industrial, residential and green areas.
On May 1, 1972, President Luis Echeverría, together with the then Governor of the State of Mexico Carlos Hank González, made the symbolic delivery of 225 houses, and also began to operate the first office of telegraphs of Cuautitlán Izcalli; but it was not until August 21 of the same year, when the keys to the first 227 houses were handed over to normal school teachers from the entity and the first "Conasuper" shopping center was inaugurated in the vicinity of Plaza Isidro Fabela, in Cumbria.
Decree Number 71 of the H. XLV Legislature of the State of Mexico, signed on June 22, 1973, stipulates that the official name of municipality number 121 of the State of Mexico is Cuautitlán Izcalli:
Once the official designation of the city was finalized, the first political administration of the municipality was headed by the lawyer Gabriel Marcelino Ezeta Moll, who began his activities with a limited budget that amounted to 3 million 103 thousand 166 pesos until the end of 1973. Serving in the role of ruler from 1973 to 1976, the first seats of government were established first in the "Calmecac" secondary school in Cumbria, then in four houses on Jocotitlán street, later in some offices installed in the upper part of a sub-commercial center located on Jilotzingo street, and Finally, it was not until 1976 that a government building was established that began to function as the municipal presidency. The headquarters was inaugurated by Luis Cuauhtémoc Riojas Guajardo, who was elected as the second municipal president of Izcalli after the end of the term of governance of Gabriel Marcelino.
Politics Mayor Government period Political party Gabriel Marcelino Ezeta Moll 1973-1976 Unknown Luis Cuauhtémoc Riojas Guajardo 1976-1978 Roberto Pineda Gómez 1979-1981 Juan Manuel Tovar Estrada 1982-1984 Lorenzo Vera Osorno 1985-1987 Axel García Aguilera 1988-1990 Mucio Cardoso Beltrán 1991-1993 Fernando García Cuevas 1 January 1994 – 31 December 1996 PRI Julián Angulo Góngora 1 January 1997 – 17 August 2000 PAN Fernando Covarrubias Zavala 18 August 2000 – 17 August 2003 PAN Alfredo Durán Reveles 18 August 2003 – 17 August 2006 PAN David Ulises Guzmán Palma 18 August 2006 – 17 August 2009 PAN Alejandra del Moral Vela 18 August 2009 – 2 February 2012 PRI Carlos Saldívar González (interim) 3 February 2012 – 31 December 2012 PRI Héctor Karim Carvallo Delfín 1 January 2013 – 16 March 2015 PRI Erik Martínez Domínguez (interim) 17 March 2015 – 31 December 2015 PRI Víctor Manuel Estrada Garibay 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2018 PANAL Ricardo Núñez Ayala 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2021 Morena PT PES Karla Leticia Fiesco García 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024 PAN PRI PRD Luis Daniel Serrano Palacios 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027 Morena PT PVEM
Demography
Religion Cuautitlán Izcalli is one of the municipalities with the largest number of patron saint festivities of Catholic worship in the region.
On June 9, 2014, Pope Francis created the Diocese of Izcalli.
Cuautitlán Izcalli has several temples, two of which date from the XVII century:
San Lorenzo Río Tenco (also part of the XVI century) Santa Bárbara Tlacatecpan
And two from the XVIII century:
San Juan Atlamica San Mateo Ixtacalco
Public services To mention some of the services that the municipality has, it is contemplated to: Municipal police Municipal Cruz Roja Firefighters and civil protection
Organismo de Agua Potable Alcantarillado y Saneamiento (Operagua), municipal water supply manager Public health: General Hospital of Zone 57 of the IMSS IMSS Family Medicine Unit Clinic No.52 Maternal and Child Clinic of the DIF
Neighborhoods The neighborhoods of the municipality are listed below:
Adolfo López Mateos Ampliación Ejidal San Isidro Arboledas de San Miguel Arcos de la Hacienda Arcos del Alba Atlanta primera sección Atlanta segunda sección Axotlán Bellavista Bosques de la Hacienda primera sección Bosques de la Hacienda segunda sección Bosques de la Hacienda tercera sección Bosques del Alba I Bosques del Alba II Bosques del Lago Bosques de Morelos Bosques de Xhala Campestre del Lago Campo Uno Claustros de San Miguel Cofradía de San Miguel Cofradía de San Miguel II Cofradía de San Miguel III Cofradía de San Miguel IV Colinas del Lago Complejo Industrial Cuamatla Conjunto Urbano La Piedad CTM Centro Urbano Cumbre Norte Cumbria Del Río Ejidal San Isidro El Cerrito Elite Plaza El Rosario El Sabino El Socorro El Tikal Ensueños Ex Hacienda de San Miguel Ferrocarrilera Fidel Velázquez Francisco Villa Fuentes del Bosque Fuentes del Tepeyac Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón Generalísimo José María Morelos y Pavón Sur Granjas Lomas de Guadalupe Hacienda del Parque primera sección Hacienda del Parque segunda sección Halcón Oriente Parque Industrial Xhala Infonavit Centro Infonavit Norte primera sección Infonavit Norte segunda sección Infonavit Norte Consorcio Infonavit Sur (Niños Héroes) Infonavit Tepalcapa Jardines de la Hacienda Norte Jardines de la Hacienda Sur Jardines del Alba Jardines de San Miguel Jardines de San Miguel lll Jorge Jiménez Cantú Joyas del Alba La Aurora La Capilla La Conasupo La Era Lago de Guadalupe La Joyita La Perla La Piedad La Piedad Fase A La Presita La Quebrada Ampliación La Quebrada Centro Las Ánimas Las Auroritas Las Conchitas Las Gaviotas Las Huertas Las Mariposas Liverpool Loma Bonita Lomas del Bosque Lomas de los Ángeles Lomas de San Francisco Tepojaco Los Ailes Los Pájaros Los Pinos Luis Echeverría México Mirador Santa Rosa Nopaltepec Parque Industrial Cuautitlán Parque Industrial La Joya Parque Industrial La Luz Paseo de los Jardines Paseos de Izcalli Paseos del Encanto Plan de Guadalupe Plan Maestro San Martín Obispo Plaza Dorada Punta Norte Residencial La Joya Residencial La Luz Residencial Los Lirios Rinconada Cuautitlán Rinconada San Miguel Rincón Colonial Rincón del Bosque San Antonio San Francisco Tepojaco San Isidro San José Buenavista San José Huilango San Juan Atlamica San Lorenzo Río Tenco San Marcos Cuamatla San Martín Obispo San Martín Tepetlixpan San Pablo de los Gallos San Sebastián Xhala Santa Bárbara Santa María Guadalupe (La Quebrada) Santa María Guadalupe Las Torres primera sección Santa María Guadalupe Las Torres segunda sección Santa María Tianguistengo Santa Rosa de Lima Santiago Tepalcapa Sección Parques Torres Álgibe Tres de Mayo Tres Picos Tulipanes Unidad Cívica Bacardi Urbi Hacienda Balboa Urbi Quinta Montecarlo Valle de la Hacienda Valle de las Flores Valle Esmeralda Villas del Sol Viveros 2
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