Chimalhuacán is a city and municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 located in the eastern part of Mexico State, Mexico

Mexico

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. It lies just outside the northeast border of the Federal District (Distrito Federal)

Mexico City

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 and is part of the Greater Mexico City

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 urban area.

The city

The city is practically coextensive with the municipality. The census of 2005 reported a population of 524,223 for the city and 525,389 for the municipality as a whole.

Chimalhuacán was founded 1259 by three chiefs or tlatoani

Tlatoani

Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king". A is a female ruler, or queen regnant....

 named Huauxomatl, Chalchiutlatonac and Tlatzcantecuhtli. These chiefs and their people originated from Tula

Toltec

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 and Culhuacán

Culhuacan

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. They spoke Chichimeca

Chichimeca

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 y Mexica

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languages but with time their customs merged and Náhuatl

Nahuatl

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 became the dominant language. It became subject to Texcoco, and through that belonged to the Aztec Triple Alliance

Aztec Triple Alliance

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 in 1431. The Spanish town of Chimalhuacán was founded in 1529 and the Dominicans built a church and monastery here in 1563.

The municipality

Although the city takes up almost all of the municipality, Chimalhuacán, as the municipal seat, has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: Colonia Nueva de Guadalupe la Palma, La Pista de los Corredores, Pista Aérea, Tlatel San Juan Xochiaca Parte Alta, and Zapotla.

The municipality has an area of 46.61 km² (17.996 sq mi). The adjacent municipalities are Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

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, Atenco, Texcoco, Chicoloapan, and La Paz. The city is the fifth largest in the state in population (after Ecatepec de Morelos

Ecatepec de Morelos

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, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl

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, Naucalpan de Juárez, and Tlalnepantla de Baz

Tlalnepantla de Baz

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).

External links

• Chimalhuacan, Mexico
• Municipio de Chimalhuacán Official website