Coacalco de Berriozábal
Coacalco de Berriozábal
At the house of the snake. Coacalco | |
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Municipality | |
Clockwise, from top: Sierra de Guadalupe, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores, Colonia San Rafael, San Francisco de Asís Parish, Municipal palace, Colonia Villa de las Flores | |
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| Nickname: Coacalco | |
| Motto: Continuidad de buenos resultados (Continuity of good results) | |
| Anthem: Himno a Coacalco | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Mexico |
| Founded | 850 |
| Municipal status | 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | David Sánchez Isidoro (Va por México; 2025–2027) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) |
| • Land | 31.95 km2 (12.34 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,257 m (7,405 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Municipality | 293,444 |
| • Seat | 293,245 |
| • Demonym | Coacalquense |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| • Summer (DST) | Central |
| Postal code (of seat) | 55700 |
| Area code | 55 |
| Website | http://www.coacalco.gob.mx/ |
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Coacalco de Berriozábal (ⓘ; simply known as Coacalco) is one of 125 municipalities in the State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of San Francisco Coacalco. The municipality lies in the Greater Mexico City conurbation, north of Mexico City. The municipal seat is San Francisco Coacalco and the municipality is named after Felipe Berriozábal (1829–1900), a Mexican politician and military leader.
The word Coacalco comes from the Nahuatl coatl (snake), calli (home) and -co (at), meaning "at the house of the snake", a name that was first recorded in 1320.