Municipio Amecameca

Amecameca
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Mexico
State	México
Seat	Amecameca de Juarez
surface	189.9 km²
Residents	48,421 (2010)
density	255 inhabitants per km²
founding	1824
Website	amecameca.gob.mx
INEGI no.	15009
politics
Presidente municipal	Carlos Santos Amador
Amecameca de Juárez in front of the Iztaccíhuatl

Coordinates: 19 ° 8 ′  N , 98 ° 46 ′  W

Amecameca is a municipality in the Mexican state of México . It belongs to the Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México , the metropolitan region around Mexico City . The seat of the municipality and largest place in the municipality is Amecameca de Juárez , the next largest places are San Pedro Nexapa and San Antonio Zoyatzingo . The municipality had 48,421 inhabitants in 2010, its area is 190  km² .

geography

Festival de Sacromonte

The street in the old town

Amecameca is located in the east of the state of Mexico, 45 km southwest of Mexico City.

The municipality borders in the west on the Municipios Ayapango and Juchitepec , in the south on the Municipios Atlautla and Ozumba , in the east on the state of Puebla and in the north on Tlalmanalco .

history

In 1936, the last ruling prince of the Principality of Schaumburg Lippe, Adolf II , died with his wife in a plane crash in the municipality of Amecameca.

Web links

Commons : Amecameca  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Amecameca (Spanish)
• INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Amecameca (Spanish; PDF)