Coacalco de Berriozábal
Municipality in Mexico, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the BRT station, see Coacalco Berriozábal (Mexibús).
Coacalco de Berriozábal (Spanish pronunciationⓘ; simply known as Coacalco) is one of 125 municipalities in the State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of San Francisco Coacalco. The municipality lies in the Greater Mexico City conurbation, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat is San Francisco Coacalco and the municipality is named after Felipe Berriozábal (1829–1900), a Mexican politician and military leader.
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Coacalco de Berriozábal
At the house of the snake. Coacalco | |
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Municipality | |
Nickname: Coacalco | |
Motto: Experienca y resultados que se notan | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Mexico |
Founded | 850 |
Municipal status | 1862 |
Government | |
• Municipal president | David Sánchez Isidoro (Va por México; 2022–2024) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) |
• Land | 31.95 km2 (12.34 sq mi) |
• Water | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
Elevation (of seat) | 2,257 m (7,405 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Municipality | 293,444[1] |
• Seat | 293,245[1] |
• Demonym | Coacalquense |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | Central |
Postal code (of seat) | 55700 |
Area code | 55 |
Website | http://www.coacalco.gob.mx/ |
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The word Coacalco comes from the Nahuatl coatl (snake), calli (home) and -co (at), meaning "at the house of the snake", a name that was first recorded in 1320.[2]