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Ecatepec de Morelos

Ecatepec de Morelos
City & Municipality
Ecatepec de Morelos
Museo Casa de Morelos 2013 02.JPG
Official seal of Ecatepec de Morelos
Seal
Motto: Autonomía Unión Trabajo (Autonomy Union Work)
Location of Ecatepec in the State of Mexico
Location of Ecatepec in the State of Mexico
Coordinates: 19°36′35″N 99°03′36″W / 19.60972°N 99.06000°W / 19.60972; -99.06000
Country  Mexico
State State of Mexico State of Mexico
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 About this sound [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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