Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias
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This article is about the city in the State of Mexico. For the altépetl, see Chalco (altépetl).
Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃaːɬko]) is a city that is municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Chalco. It lies in the eastern part of the State of Mexico just east of the Federal District of Mexico and is considered part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.
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Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias | |
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Town & Municipality | |
Motto(s): Government that listens and resolves | |
Coordinates: 19°15′53″N 98°53′51″W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | State of Mexico
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Region | Amecameca |
Metro area | Greater Mexico City |
Municipal Status | January 30, 1824 |
Municipal Seat | Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias |
Government | |
• Type | Ayuntamiento |
• Municipal President | Francisco Osorio |
Area | |
• Land | 219.22 km2 (84.64 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi) |
Elevation (of seat) | 2,240 m (7,350 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Municipality | 310,130 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Postal code (of seat) | 56600 |
Area code | 55 |
Demonym | Chalquense |
Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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Chalco name is Nahuatl, and comes from Chalchihuitl "green stone, jade", and Co: "place" therefore both words together mean "the place of jade".[1]
The municipal head, bears the surname of Diaz Covarrubias, in honor of Juan Díaz Covarrubias, one of the practitioners of medicine who was heroically shot in Tacubaya in 1859.