Iztacalco or Ixtacalco (both: ēstäkäl'kō), city (1990 pop. 448,322), Federal District, S central Mexico. It is an industrial center adjacent to Mexico City. Several historic landmarks have been preserved.
Iztacalco
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| Coordinates: 19°23′43″N 99°05′52″W / 19.39528°N 99.09778°W | |||
| Country | Mexico | ||
| Federal entity | D.F. | ||
| Established | 1928 | ||
| Named for | Pre-Columbian city | ||
| Seat | Río Churubusco y Avenida Té. Col. Ramos Millán | ||
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| - Jefe delegacional | Erasto Ensástiga Santiago (PRD) | ||
| Area [1] | |||
| - Total | 23.17 km2 (8.9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2,235 m (7,333 ft) | ||
| Population [1] | |||
| - Total | 395,025 | ||
| - Density | 17,049/km2 (44,156.7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) | ||
| Postal codes | 08000 – 08930 | ||
| Area code(s) | 55 | ||
| Website | http://www.iztacalco.df.gob.mx | ||
Iztacalco is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. It is located in the east central part of the district, bounded to the north by Venustiano Carranza, to the west by Benito Juárez, to the south by Iztapalapa, and to the east by the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl in the State of México. It is the smallest borough of the sixteen which comprise the district with a land area of only 23.3 square kilometers (9.0 square miles). The borough has a population of approximately 400,000.
It doesn´t contain the Benito Juárez International Airport airport, (located in Venustiano Carranza Borough, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (or in English "Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack") and numerous popular neighborhoods including the Rodeo, the Agrícola Oriental, Campamento Dos de octubre, Pantitlán and Unidad Santiago.
History
Iztacalco was occupied relatively late, due to its position in the middle of historic Lake Texcoco. Its first inhabitants came to extract salt from the lake. During the Mesoamerican Post-Classical Period, fell under the power of the Lord of Texcoco, a member of the Aztec Triple Alliance. After the fall of Tenochtitlan to the Spanish, Iztacalco was occupied by Franciscan missionaries, who founded a monastery dedicated to Saint Matthew in the middle of the lake.
References
- ^ a b "Delegación Iztacalco" (in Spanish) (PDF). Sistema de Información Económica, Geográfica y Estadística. http://www.siege.df.gob.mx/estadistico/pdf/monografias/izc.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
External links
- (Spanish) Delegación Iztacalco Official site
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