Ecatepec de Morelos is a municipality and city in the State of Mexico, immediately north of Mexico City and the most populous suburb of Greater Mexico City, with a 2020 census population of 1,645,352. Its Nahuatl name means windy hill or hill devoted to the wind god Ehecatl, and it was ruled by a line of Aztec tlatoque from 1428 until the Spanish conquest; independence hero Jose Maria Morelos was executed there in 1815, and the settlement was not declared a city until 1 December 1980 after decades of rapid growth.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude19.566667 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Ecatepec de Morelos - Wikipedia
Infobox, population_total
1,645,352
Infobox, population_as_of
2020
Infobox, area_total_km2
156.2
Infobox, elevation_m
2250
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (latitude component)
19.566666666666666,-99.04
Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (longitude component)
19.566666666666666,-99.04
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