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Also known as Zumpango

Zumpango is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Zumpango Region. It lies directly north of Mexico City within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat, Zumpango de Ocampo, lies near Lake Zumpango, the last of the five interconnected lakes which covered much of the Valley of Mexico in the pre Hispanic period. The name Zumpango is derived from the Nahuatl word "Tzompanco" which means string of scalps.

Key facts

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Zumpango
Settlement.name
Zumpango
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Municipality
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PurisimaConcecionZumpango12.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Parish of Purísima Concepción
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Mexico Estado de Mexico Zumpango location map.svg
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Mexico
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above
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300
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Location in Mexico
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Country
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State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
State of Mexico
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Zumpango Region
Settlement.seat
Zumpango de Ocampo
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal President

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Flora & fauna
  • History
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Transportation
  • Demography
  • Zumpango de Ocampo
  • Education
  • Culture
  • Sports and entertainment
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Zumpango is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Zumpango Region. It lies directly north of Mexico City within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat, Zumpango de Ocampo, lies near Lake Zumpango, the last of the five interconnected lakes which covered much of the Valley of Mexico in the pre Hispanic period. The name Zumpango is derived from the Nahuatl word "Tzompanco" which means string of scalps.

The municipality is located in the northeast part of the State of Mexico, part of the state’s panhandle that extends over the north and down on the east side of the Federal District of Mexico City. The municipality has a territory of 244.08km2 and borders the municipalities of Tequixquiac, Hueypoxtla, Teoloyucan, Cuautitán, Nextlapan, Jaltenco, Tecámac, Coyotepec and Huehuetoca as well as Tizayuca in the state of Hidalgo. Zumpango is considered to be part of the metropolitan area of Mexico City as part of the Cuautitlán-Texcoco zone north of the city proper. Zumpango is the location of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which was opened in 2022 to be the second commercial airport serving Greater Mexico City.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zumpango Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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