Chicoloapan de Juárez

Chicoloapan (de Juárez)
—  Town & Municipality  —
Coordinates: 19°24′55″N 98°54′04″W / 19.41528°N 98.90111°W / 19.41528; -98.90111
Country	Mexico
State	State of Mexico
Founded
Municipal Status	1822
Government
- Municipal President	Adrian Manuel Galicia Salceda (2006-2009)
Elevationof seat	2,250 m (7,382 ft)
Population (2005)Municipality
- Municipality	170,035
- Seat	168,591
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
Postal code (of seat)	56370
Demonym
Website	http://www.chicoloapan.gob.mx

Chicoloapan de Juárez is the municipal seat and largest city in the municipality of Chicoloapan in the state of México, Mexico. It is located in the eastern part of the state, just east of Chimalhuacán and northeast of the Federal District (Distrito Federal), within the Greater Mexico City urban area.

The city

It had a 2005 census population of 168,591 inhabitants, or over 99 percent of its municipality's total of 170,035.

The municipality

As municipal seat, Chicoloapan de Juárez has governing jurisdiction over the following communities:

Barrio San Patricio, Buenavista (Xolcuango), Ej. de Chicoloapan (Centro Turístico Ejidal), Ejido la Copalera, La Noria, Loma de Guadalupe, Loma San Pedro, Pozo Número Cuatro (San Juan), Pozo Número Dos (La Campana), Pozo Número Seis (La Longaniza), Pozo Número Uno (La Trinidad), Rancho Coronel Baena (La Cabañita), Rancho la Cabaña, and San Pablo Escalerillas.

The municipality has an area of 60.89 km² (23.51 sq mi).

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
• México Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Coordinates: 19°25′N 98°54′W / 19.417°N 98.9°W / 19.417; -98.9