Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of
Mexico
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, and is situated in the north part of the greater
Mexico City
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urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec is practically co-extensive with the municipality, comprising 99% of the total municipal population of 1,645,352.
It is Mexico's fourth
most-populous municipality after
Tijuana
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(US) and [< ...]
,
León and
Puebla
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,
and the most populated suburb of
Greater Mexico City
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.
The name "Ecatepec" is derived from
Nahuatl
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, and means "windy hill" or "hill devoted to
Ehecatl
Ehecatl ( nci-IPA, Ehēcatl, eʔˈeːkatɬ, ) is a pre-Columbian deity associated with the wind, who features in Aztec mythology and the mythologies of other cultures from the central Mexico region of Mesoamerica. He is most usually interpreted as ...
(the wind god)." It was also an alternative name or invocation to the god
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl (, ; Spanish: ''Quetzalcóatl'' ; nci-IPA, Quetzalcōātl, ket͡saɬˈkoːaːt͡ɬ (Modern Nahuatl pronunciation), in honorific form: ''Quetzalcōātzin'') is a deity in Aztec culture and literature whose name comes from the Nahu ...
.
"Morelos" is the last name of
José María Morelos
José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón () (30 September 1765 – 22 December 1815) was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of ...
, a hero of the
Mexican War of Independence
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.
Saint Christopher
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is the city's patron saint, celebrated on July 25.
Ecatepec is served by the
Mexico City metro
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, by the State of Mexico's
Mexibús
Mexibús is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that is located in the Greater Mexico City part of the State of Mexico, which surrounds Mexico City proper.
It is operated by Transmasivo S.A. (Lines I and IV), Transcomunicador S.A. (Line II), and Red ...
bus rapid transit
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lines, and by
Mexicable
Mexicable is a aerial lift line in Ecatepec de Morelos, in Greater Mexico City. It was created by the Government of the State of Mexico.
The first part of this project was inaugurated on October 4, 2016. The line is long and runs between San An ...
aerial cable car lines.
Points of interest include the newest
Catholic
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Cathedral
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in Mexico, ''
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús'', several colonial era churches, and the Morelos Museum in "Casa de los Virreyes".
Mexico's busiest shopping center,
Multiplaza Aragón
Multiplaza Aragón is a shopping center in Ecatepec, in Greater Mexico City, opened in 1978. As of 2018 it had the highest number of visitors of any shopping center in the metropolitan area, 2.8 million visitors per month. Gross leasable area is . ...
, is also located in Ecatepec.
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Geography
The municipality is located north of Mexico City
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, in the geographical coordinates of North 19º29'23" minimum, 19º40'28" maximum, West longitude 98°58'30" minimum, 99°08'35" maximum.
San Cristóbal Ecatepec
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec i ...
, the municipal seat, has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: San Pedro Xoloxtoc, Tulpetlac, Chiconautla, Ciudad Azteca and Villa de Aragón. It has an area of [
] and borders the municipalities of Tlalnepantla de Baz
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, Tecámac
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, Coacalco de Berriozábal
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, Jaltenco
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, Acolman
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, Texcoco, Atenco
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The town
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, Nezahualcóyotl, as well as the Mexico City
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borough of Gustavo A. Madero
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.
The human settlements in Ecatepec de Morelos are located in an elongated valley, spreading from the Valley of Mexico to Sierra de Guadalupe.
Flora and fauna
The municipality is highly urbanized, so most of the local flora and fauna live in the Sierra de Guadalupe. There are no big animals, with the fauna consisting of small mammals like mice, rabbits, gray squirrels and gophers; and birds, such as ''cenzontles'' and sparrows. The flora is represented by oyamel pines, oaks, ocote pines, century plants, prickly pears, ''zacatón'' (mountain grass) and other.
History
Aztec Era
Remains of earliest human inhabitation of the area have been found on the nearby ''Cerro'' (Hill) ''de Ecatepec''. The area was initially settled by successive waves of Otomi
The Otomi (; es, Otomí ) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region.
The Otomi are an indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit a discontinuous territory in central Mexico. They are linguisticall ...
s; however, because of the later arrival of Toltec
The Toltec culture () was a Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula (Mesoamerican site), Tula, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoam ...
-Chichimeca
Chichimeca () is the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples who were established in present-day Bajio region of Mexico. Chichimeca carried the meaning as the Roman term "barbarian" that des ...
s that dominated the rest of the Valley of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico ( es, Valle de México) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with present-day Mexico City and the eastern half of the State of Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico wa ...
, this area eventually assimilated to the rest of the Valley, ending with its domination by the Aztec Empire
The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance ( nci, Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, Help:IPA/Nahuatl, jéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥ was an alliance of three Nahua peoples, Nahua altepetl, city-states: , , and . These three city-states ruled ...
. Ecatepec was an Aztec
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''altepetl
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'' or city-state
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in the Valley of Mexico
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.
From 1428 to 1539, Ecatepec was ruled by a ''tlatoani
''Tlatoani'' ( , "one who speaks, ruler"; plural ' or tlatoque) is the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of an , a pre-Hispanic state. It is the noun form of the verb "tlahtoa" meaning "speak, command, rule". As a result, it has been various ...
'' (literally "speaker"). The ''tlatoque'' (plural of ''tlatoani'') of Ecatepec were closely related to the ruling dynasty of Tenochtitlan
, ; es, Tenochtitlan also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, ; es, México-Tenochtitlan was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was ...
.
- Chimalpilli I
Chimalpilli I was a ''tlatoani'' (ruler) of the Aztec ''altepetl'' (city-state) of Ecatepec from 1428 until his death in 1465. He was the first known historical king of that city.''Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the six ...
, grandson of Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina (), Huehuemoteuczoma or Montezuma I ( nci, Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna , nci, Huēhuemotēuczōma ), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the ...
.
- Tezozomoc, son of Chimalpopoca
Chimalpopoca ( nci-IPA, Chīmalpopōca, t͡ʃiːmaɬpoˈpoːka for "smoking shield," ) or Chīmalpopōcatzin (1397–1427) was the third Emperor of Tenochtitlan (1417–1427).
Biography
Chimalpopoca was born to the Emperor Huitzilihuitl and Q ...
.
- Matlaccohuatl
Matlaccohuatl was the third ''Tlatoani'' (ruler) of Ecatepec, a Nahua ''altepetl''.
Biography
He was a successor of the ''tlatoani'' Tezozomoc, who was a son of ''tlatoani'' Chimalpopoca, ruler of Tenochtitlan.
His daughter was Teotlalco, wi ...
, whose daughter Teotlalco
Teotlalco ( Nahuatl pronunciation: eotɬálko was a Nahua princess of Ecatepec and Aztec empress—the Queen of Tenochtitlan.
Family
Teotlalco's father was King Matlaccohuatl. She married Emperor Moctezuma II of Tenochtitlan. The first conta ...
married Moctezuma II
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin ( – 29 June 1520; oteːkˈsoːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sĩn̥), nci-IPA, Motēuczōmah Xōcoyōtzin, moteːkʷˈsoːma ʃoːkoˈjoːtsin variant spellings include Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecu ...
.
- Chimalpilli II
Chimalpilli II (died in year 2 Técpatl) was a Tlatoani (ruler) of the Nahua ''altepetl'' (city-state) Ecatepec, in 16th-century Mesoamerica.''Moctezuma's children: Aztec royalty under Spanish rule, 1520-1700'' by Donald E. Chipman
The first kn ...
, son of Ahuitzotl
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.
- Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (or Panitzin) was a 16th-century Nahua noble. A grandson of Axayacatl, Nephew of tlatoani Moctezuma II. He was initially the ''tlatoani'' (ruler) of Ecatepec before becoming ''tlatoani'' of Tenochtitlan, as well a ...
, grandson of Axayacatl
Axayacatl (; nci, āxāyacatl ; es, Axayácatl ; meaning "face of water"; –1481) was the sixth of the of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
Biography
Early life and background
Axayacatl was a son of the princess Atot ...
.
Diego Huanitzin was subsequently made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan by Antonio de Mendoza
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, viceroy
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of New Spain
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.
During the Aztec empire
The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance ( nci, Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, Help:IPA/Nahuatl, jéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥ was an alliance of three Nahua peoples, Nahua altepetl, city-states: , , and . These three city-states ruled ...
, the Mexica
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s used the town to control trade routes going north.
Spanish rule and Independence
Ecatepec was considered a "''República de Indios''" (Indian Republic) in 1560, allowing the village to maintain a certain amount of autonomy and keeping the succession of tlatoani
''Tlatoani'' ( , "one who speaks, ruler"; plural ' or tlatoque) is the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of an , a pre-Hispanic state. It is the noun form of the verb "tlahtoa" meaning "speak, command, rule". As a result, it has been various ...
s or chiefs. However, in the first part of the 17th century, this was changed to a mayorship, with the Spanish administrating, along with the communities of Zumpango
Zumpango is a municipality located to northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Zumpango Region. It lies directly north of the Mexico City within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The city of Zumpango lies near Lake Zumpango, the last of the f ...
and Xalostoc.
National hero José María Morelos y Pavón
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
was executed in Ecatepec in 1815 by the Spanish Army during the Mexican War of Independence
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. The house in which he was executed is now a museum, Museo Casa de Morelos.
The municipality was officially created on October 13, 1874. On October 1, 1877, San Cristóbal Ecatepec was declared a village and "de Morelos" was added to its name.
Contemporary events
Ecatepec experienced expontential population growth from 1970, as a result of rural migration to the Valley of Mexico. The seat was declared a city on December 1, 1980, and by 2010, it had become the most populated municipality in the country. Population growth stagnated since then.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ecatepec
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ecatepec ( la, Dioecesis Ecatepecensis) (erected 28 June 1995) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla in Mexico. The see city is Ecatepec de Morelos in the state of Mexico.
Ordinaries
* Onésimo ...
is the newest in the country, erected on June 28, 1995, around the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Cathedral.
In April 1995, the remains of a mammoth
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were found in Colonia Ejidos de San Cristóbal, where the ancient lakes of Xaltocan-Ecatepec and Texcoco came together and where the Aztecs build a dam to keep the fresh and salty waters separate. The bones have been tentatively dated to around 10,500 years B.C.
In February 2016, Pope Francis
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celebrated Mass
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in the city in front of a crowd of 300,000. The Pope's message was one of encouragement and opposition to the violence and drug trade that permeates the region.
Politics
Demography
Almost all of the population (99.934%) of the municipality lives in San Cristóbal Ecatepec, the third most populous city
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in Mexico. There are also three rural localities in the municipality.
Economy
Ecatepec is an industrial center. Manufacturing, along with commerce and services, are the main pillars of the economy.
Jumex
Grupo Jumex, S.A. de C.V. (pronounced "HOO-MEX"), which means Jugos Mexicanos (Mexican Juices), is a brand of juice and nectar from Mexico. The Jumex brand is also popular among Hispanic consumers in the United States. Currently, the Jumex Grou ...
has its headquarters in the city.
Two regional shopping malls, Plaza Las Américas and Multiplaza Aragón
Multiplaza Aragón is a shopping center in Ecatepec, in Greater Mexico City, opened in 1978. As of 2018 it had the highest number of visitors of any shopping center in the metropolitan area, 2.8 million visitors per month. Gross leasable area is . ...
(Mexico's busiest as of 2018),[ both with multiple hypermarket and department store anchors, are located in Ecatepec.
]
Transportation
Ecatepec is served by Line B of the Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro ( es, Metro de la Ciudad de México) is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is ...
system, including stations Muzquiz, Ecatepec (a.k.a. Tecnológico), Olímpica, Plaza Aragón, and Ciudad Azteca
Mexibús
Mexibús is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that is located in the Greater Mexico City part of the State of Mexico, which surrounds Mexico City proper.
It is operated by Transmasivo S.A. (Lines I and IV), Transcomunicador S.A. (Line II), and Red ...
bus rapid transit serving the State of Mexico serves Ecatepec with:
* Line I Ciudad Azteca – Ojo de Agua – Felipe Ángeles International Airport
Felipe Ángeles International Airport (IATA: NLU, ICAO: MMSM) is the second airport serving the Mexico City metropolitan area, opened on March 21, 2022. It is located in Zumpango
Zumpango is a municipality located to northeastern part of the ...
* Line II Las Américas – La Quebrada
* Line IV Indios Verdes – Universidad Mexiquense del Bicentenario ( Tecamac)
In 2016, a new form of public transportation started serving Ecatepec residents: Mexicable
Mexicable is a aerial lift line in Ecatepec de Morelos, in Greater Mexico City. It was created by the Government of the State of Mexico.
The first part of this project was inaugurated on October 4, 2016. The line is long and runs between San An ...
, an aerial cable car whose main purpose is to help residents get around faster (as opposed to being a tourist attraction), especially in areas with numerous hills and valleys without adequate bridges and viaducts. Mexicable Line 1, the first cable car built in Mexico as a form of public transportation, has a length of almost 5 kilometres (3 miles), 190 cars and it takes about 17 minutes to ride along the entire line. Line 1 connects Santa Clara with La Cañada via Hank González station. At Hank González station Mexicable Line 2 runs to Indios Verdes, a main hub for bus rapid transit ( Metrobús and Mexibús
Mexibús is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that is located in the Greater Mexico City part of the State of Mexico, which surrounds Mexico City proper.
It is operated by Transmasivo S.A. (Lines I and IV), Transcomunicador S.A. (Line II), and Red ...
), city bus, ''pesero
A pesero, combi, micro or microbús is a form of public transport, most commonly seen in Mexico City. Its name derives from the fact that in the beginning of this form of transport a flat fee of one peso was charged per ride (hence the name "peser ...
'' minibus, metro, and regional buses.
Ecatepec is located on Fed 85, the Mexico City-Pachuca
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of whic ...
highway, Fed 57/Fed 57D (Circuito Exterior Mexiquense), and Fed 132 (Ecatepec-Teotihuacán
Teotihuacan (Spanish: ''Teotihuacán'') (; ) is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico, which is located in the State of Mexico, northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan is known today as the ...
highway).
Sister cities
References
External links
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Portal of Ecatepec de Morelos
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Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Ecatepec de Morelos
Official website
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Altepetl
Aztec sites
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1815 in New Spain