Chicoloapan de Juárez is the municipal seat and largest city in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Chicoloapan in State of Mexico,

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. It is located in the eastern part of the state, just east of

Chimalhuacán Chimalhuacán () ( Nahuatl for "place of those who have shields") is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of State of Mexico, Mexico. It lies just outside the northeast border of Mexico City and is part of the Greater Mexico City ...

and northeast of the Federal District (Distrito Federal), within the

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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) *Ejido 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 * San Pablo Escalerillas The municipality has an area of 60.89 km² (23.51 sq mi).

Archaeology

Chicoloapan is the site of an unprotected ancient

Mesoamerican Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. Withi ...

city of the same name. The first settlements in the area were before the rise of

Teotihuacan 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 t ...

around 200 BCE, and it prospered for generations after the fall of Teotihuacan around 550-600 CE. The site's long history of settlement provides important insight into the relationship between urban centers and their hinterlands.

Media

The government has a website where information about its activities through newsletters. Most public and private high schools have websites. As for secondary or primary, only a few individuals have this service. The city has, since 2006,
community portal
which generates collaborative contents such as news, photos, radio and TV programs online. The portal is an initiative of civil society independent from the local government, the religion or the political party. In 2010 it received the UVM Social Development Award for its commitment to the dissemination of community activities to build the social fabric.

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