Municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza

Atizapán de Zaragoza (from Nahuatl: atl, tizatl, bread 'water, tizatl, clay'< /span>'Place of white or chalk water') is one of the 125 municipalities that make up the state of Mexico, in central Mexico, and It is part of the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City. It borders with Isidro Fabela, Jilotzingo, Naucalpan, Nicolás Romero, Tlalnepantla and Cuautitlán Izcalli. The municipal seat is Ciudad López Mateos.

Identity elements

Motto

Land of heroes, blessed are your children, beautiful is your soil.

Symbols

Toponymy

The name of the municipality comes from Nahuatl and means "in white earth water", made up of the words atl (water), tizatl (chalk or clay) and pan (place, on). The nickname "de Zaragoza" It was given in honor of Ignacio Zaragoza.

Gentilic

The name to designate the inhabitants of the municipality is atizapense.

Shield

The official shield of the municipality is the work of the artist Manuel Medina Hernández, winner of the contest called by the city council 1973-1975 to commemorate the centenary of the erection of the municipality (September 3, 1874). According to the Municipal Side, the municipal shield has these characteristics:

I. It is Spanish-American, of classical Spanish origin, which reflects the fusion of Spanish culture with indigenous cultures.

II. At the top is the glyph and symbol of Atizapan that represents the etymology: “White Waters” or “Tiza”.

III. In the embroidery, on a yellow background and in black letters, the motto is read: “Culture, Labor and Prosperity”, which reflects the dynamics of the region and the spirit of constant overcoming its inhabitants.

IV. In the left canton of the upper part, on a red background, we remember the pre-Hispanic culture and the historical past with the glyphs of Calacoaya and Tecoloapan, founded with Atizapan during the fifteenth century of our era. Calacoaya means “Turn where you enter” and Tecoloapan “Rio de tecolotes”

V. The upper right canton, in blue background, symbolizes the Atizapan from the beginning of the last century and until the end of the fifties, based on the maguey, the maze of corn and the head of a bovine, symbols of agriculture and cattle ranching that were the economic base of the municipality at that stage of its history.

VI. In the left canton of the lower part on a blue background, it is represented by a factory the moment when the industrialization of the Municipality began and with it, a new stage of the development of Atizapán de Zaragoza.

VII. In the right canton of the lower part on a red background, a test tube, a microscope, a computer disk and an atom, research and energy symbols are appreciated, summarizing that the municipality is representative of culture, progress and modernity

H. Municipality of Atizapan de Zaragoza. Bando Municipal, 2013.

Geography

Atizapán de Zaragoza is located northeast of Toluca, the state capital, between the parallels 19° 30′ 55″ and 19° 36′ 43″ north latitude and the 99° 12′ 32″ and 99° 21′ 15″ west longitude of Greenwich Meridian, at an average altitude of 2400 m s. no. m. It limits to the north, with the municipalities of Nicolás Romero and Cuautitlán Izcalli; to the South, with Jilotzingo and Naucalpan; to the west, with the municipality of Isidro Fabela and to the east, with Tlalnepantla de Baz. Its territorial extension is 94.83 square km and represents 0.4% of the State of Mexico.

Hydrography

The most important rivers are: the Tlalnepantla river, the San Javier and Moritas rivers to the north, the Madín Dam to the south. The streams La Bolsa, La Herradura, El Sifón, Los Cajones, El Tejocote and El Xhinté also run.

Drinking water

Urban Sheet of Atizapan of Zaragoza.

The distribution of drinking water in the municipality is the responsibility of the Atizapán Drinking Water, Sewerage and Sanitation Services (SAPASA). 27% of the water used for domestic and industrial purposes is obtained from groundwater; Currently, the municipality has 33 deep wells located in two basins, the Cuautitlán-Pachuca basin with 10 of them and the Valle de México basin with 23. The remaining percentage of 73% is obtained from block water with 32 intakes to the dams of Madín, Barrientos and Cutzamala.

In this municipality there are small but not insignificant industrial zones, which are home to Mexican companies that 80% of their total employees live within the municipality.

Madin Dam

The Madín Dam is located across the border from Naucalpan towards Atizapán de Zaragoza. The Madín Dam extends over an area of 190 hectares, an area that was expropriated in 1964. The dam is a source of water supply for Atizapán, Tlalnepantla and Naucalpan, with a capacity of 600 liters per second, the rivers that come together to discharge in the Madín dam, they are the Siphon and the Tlalnepantla, their storage capacity is 24,700,000 cubic meters.

Herons, cardinals, ducks, doves and even owls, as well as carp and trout will accompany you on the journey. In addition, rowing is one of the most complete sports because the back, abdomen, arms and legs are exercised. A yacht club is the administrator of these activities, and its creation was in order to clean the dam that, although it does not have algae, there are bottles and cans floating around. But this does not prevent that in the dam and in the Tlalnepantla river -which feeds the former- there are fishermen with whom you can talk under the promise not to get entangled in the threads or scare their food with the oars.

Orography

The municipality is located in the subprovince of lakes and volcanoes of Anahuac. Its main elevations are Cerro de la Biznaga, Cerro de Atlaco, Cerro de La Condesa and Cerro Grande.

A stormy urban panorama in Atizapan de Zaragoza.

Potential land use

Agricultural

• For continuous animal traction agriculture (1.7%)
• For seasonal animal traction agriculture (6.99%)
• For seasonal manual agriculture (12.45%)
• Not suitable for agriculture

Livestock

• For the development of cultivated grasslands (12.37%)
• For the use of natural vegetation different from pasturel (8.97%)
• Not suitable for livestock (78.66%)

Urban Area

The urban area is growing on Quaternary soils and extrusive igneous rocks from the Neogene, in hills and plains; on areas where there were originally soils called Phaeozem, Regosol, Vertisol, Luvisol and Leptosol; It has a temperate sub-humid climate with summer rains, of medium humidity, temperate sub-humid with summer rains, of higher humidity, and it is growing on land previously occupied by agriculture, forests and pastures.

Towns of the municipality

See: Annex: Towns of Atizapán de Zaragoza

Plaza de la Democracia, located in the avenue Adolfo López Mateos, main road of access to the municipality.

History

Atizapán de Zaragoza is one of the 125 municipalities of the State of Mexico and is located in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City, which approximately in the mid-1980s was a quiet country place, where there were semi-dry landscapes with maguey trees and pastures with sheep, however the growth of the metropolitan area of Mexico City and the earthquake of 1985, changed the landscape of the municipality by urbanizing and densely populating, in addition various industries and service companies were installed.

Today in Atizapán de Zaragoza there are 98 neighborhoods and 55 subdivisions of high, medium and low income levels and large commercial areas.

The municipality bears the name of the national hero Ignacio Zaragoza.

It is believed that the first settlers were Chichimecas, Acolhuas and Scrubs who arrived at the place during the rule of Tacuba and Azcapotzalco, at the time of the wars of the conquest of Mexico. The first settlements were located in Calacoaya and Tecoloapan, at that time, it would have the status of a town: the town of Atizapán. The history of Atizapán, as a municipality, goes back to the end of 1874. Calacoaya, until before the Mexican Revolution of 1910, was the seat of the Hacienda de Calacoaya.

In the Osuna Codex, the town or province of Cahuacán or "place of eagles and trees" (located a few kilometers west of Atizapán, in the municipality of Nicolás Romero), which suggests that the towns settled in the current territory of the municipality, paid taxes together with the chief Machtuc, that province, of which they must possibly have been a part. There is also the Teocalhueyacan glyph, which in the XVI century was the head of the towns that are currently part of the municipality of Atizapán. This town was founded 500 years before the arrival of Hernán Cortés and his soldiers. The first reference that is made about Atizapán, in written history, is during the account of the battle of the Sad Night and refers that, in their flight from the Mexica armies towards Tlaxcala, the Spaniards arrived at Popotla and from there they went to Totoltepec (San Andrés, Tlalnepantla). On their way they were struck by blue lightning and an Otomi army from Teocalhueyacan who, resentful against the Mexicas, to whom they paid tribute, believed that by allying with Cortés they could free themselves from the yoke of Tenochtitlan.

The next day, the Spanish passed through Calacoaya, described as a small peak with small stone walls. Because the inhabitants of that town were aligned with the Mexicas, and fearing an attack that would further reduce their forces, the Spanish began the fight. It is reported that "...the men of Calacoaya were killed without being warned, for revenge; after which, the Spaniards continued their march towards the plains of Tizapán (Atizapán) and before noon they arrived at Teocalhueyacan, on July 2, 1520, where they were received with signs of friendship, since they were given whatever they requested, as food for them and their horses, corn bread tortillas chicken broth; water, shelled corn, green corn".

Immediately after the conquest of Mexico and with the mandatory conversion to Catholicism, the place adopted the name of San Francisco de Asís (patron saint of the town) which was added to that of Atizapán, thus becoming known as San Francisco Atizapán.

Atizapán de Zaragoza disappeared from the written records of national history until the time of the government of Benito Juárez, since it is said that in the confrontation between liberals and conservatives "a group of young patriots from Atizapán" fought and defeated conservative forces in the area of Puerto de Chivos, which motivated General Ignacio Zaragoza to visit the town, after being victorious in the battle of Calpulalpan, in order to congratulate them, which would give rise to the fact that, finally, the name of the illustrious hero of Puebla will be added.

The current municipality previously belonged to Monte Bajo (today Nicolás Romero) and the municipality of Tlalnepantla, until August 31, 1874, when the Congress of the State of Mexico issued the decree that created a new municipality in the District of Tlalnepantla, made up of the towns of San Francisco Atizapán, San Mateo Tecoloapan and Calacoaya, of the Pedregal and San Mateo haciendas, of the Chiluca and La Condesa ranches now belonging to the municipality of Tlalnepantla, and of the Hacienda de Sayavedra, the Blanco ranches, not omitting the large portion of the Communal Population Nucleus now the Municipality of Atizapán and those corresponding today to the municipality of Monte Bajo, the new municipality will bear the name of Zaragoza and its head will be the town of San Francisco Atizapan". The decree entered into force on September 3, 1874, which is why this date is taken as the date of the erection of the municipality.

At this time, the territorial limits of the new municipality were set in the following terms: to the north, it bordered with La Colmena, (Monte Bajo), Hacienda de Guadalupe, Lechería de Tultitlán; to the south, with Santa Monica and El Cristo; to the east, with the Hacienda de San Javier, Tulpan, La Blanca and San Andrés; to the west, Hacienda la Bata, Santa Ana Xilotzingo and Hacienda La Encarnación.

At the time the municipality was founded, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada was President of the Republic. In 1874, José María Alcántara was appointed as the first municipal President. Tomás Herrera was municipal president in 1876, beginning the construction of the town house, a remote antecedent of the municipal palace, in what is now a museum and house of culture.

During the time of the Mexican Revolution, the brothers Manuel and Arturo Herrera formed a Revolutionary Juntai whose purpose was to contribute to the overthrow of the usurper Victoriano Huerta. The conspiracy had ramifications in Mexico City, Azcapotzalco and Tlalnepantla, but the conspirators were denounced and fiercely persecuted. Don Manuel was kidnapped from his home in Atizapán and taken to Tlalnepantla, without ever being heard from again. His brother Arturo was apprehended in the streets of Tlalnepantla and taken to a military barracks to make him disappear as well. After the Treaties of Teoloyucan, some investigations were made that did not lead to any verifiable facts, so it is assumed that both brothers were tortured to make them betray their co-religionists and when they failed to do so, they were possibly murdered on the road between Tlalnepantla and Azcapotzalco.

The towns of Calacoaya and Atizapán were the scene of revolutionary combat, since forces of the Zapatista colonel Tirso Villegas (a native of Calacoaya) had their headquarters here. Likewise, it is known that in 1914 the forces of General Lucio Blanco, also loyal to the Zapatista cause, passed through Atizapán.

On May 26, 1910, at number 11 Avenida Juárez in the then town of San Francisco Atizapán, Adolfo López Mateos, former president of Mexico, was born. Politician who would eventually occupy the presidential chair of the Mexican Republic. Upon his death, the Congress of the State of Mexico issued a decree, which provides that the old & # 39; town of San Francisco Atizapán was elevated to the category of city, being called Ciudad López Mateos, municipal seat of Atizapán de Zaragoza.

Atizapán remained a quiet country place, dominated by semi-dry landscapes with maguey trees and pastures with sheep, until the eighties when the proximity to Mexico City, Tlalnepantla and Vallejo and the 1985 earthquake caused the massive arrival immigrants who settled in the area as workers in the new industrial zones. Low-income and upper-middle-class areas are located in the municipality, such as La Hacienda Golf Club, Las Alamedas, Zona Esmeralda, Lago Esmeralda, Paseo Real, Bellavista Golf Club, Vilaterra and Vergel de Arboledas.

Demographics

Population and demographic growth rate

The population in 2015 of the municipality was 523,296 inhabitants spread over 7 localities, being one of the 10 most populated localities in the state of Mexico, and one of the 10 municipalities where almost 55 percent of its population is concentrated. In 50 years, Atizapán de Zaragoza maintained an average annual population growth rate lower than that of the entire state (2.11% against 2.65, state average). However, this rate increased significantly between 1970 (19.31%) and 1980 (15.79%).

Structure of the population

• Number of women: 239,380 (50.14%)
• Number of men: 228,606 (49.86%)

The majority population in the municipality is in the range of 15 to 64 years. The estimated population growth towards 2020 is 627,330 inhabitants.

Schooling

The municipality's literacy rate was 96.08% in 2000, a higher rate than the state in that year (94.54%).

Migration

The greatest period of migration to the municipality was on the rise since the fifties of the XX century, having the point highest between the 1970s and 1980s, a period in which 132,553 inhabitants emigrated to the municipality. Among the factors of population growth was the increase in industrialization in the Cuautitlán-Texcoco Valley area, and a growth in the construction of housing subdivisions.

Politics

Municipal government structure

The Constitutional City Council of Atizapán de Zaragoza is made up as follows:

• A municipal president
• A syndic
• Thirteen regivers

For the fulfillment of government functions, there are the following dependencies:

• Municipal Presidency
• Secretariat of the Town Hall
• Municipal Treasury
• Municipal Internal Controller
• Government Directorate
• Legal Directorate
• Management and Personal Development
• Directorate of Institutional Communication
• Directorate of Culture, Art and Recreation
• Directorate of Public Security and Municipal Transit
• Autotransport Services Directorate
• Public Works Directorate
• Directorate Civil Protection and Firefighters
• Environment Authority
• Urban Development Authority
• Public Service Directorate
• Directorate for Social Development
• Directorate for Economic Development and Metropolitan Affairs
• Institute for Women
• Youth Institute
• Institute of Sport
• Municipal Decentralized Public Agency for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF)
• Municipal Decentralized Public Agency for the Provision of Potable Water, Sewage and Sanitation Services of Atizapan de Zaragoza (SAPASA)
• Autonomous Agency: Municipal Human Rights Office.

Municipal Presidents

• Narcissus Herrera Luna

1950-1951 PRI

• Ponciano Pérez Marmolejo

1953-1954 PRI

• Octavian Núñez Núñez

1955-1957 PRI

• Andrés Montes de Oca Cortés

1958-1960 PRI

• Juan Herrera Romo

1961-1963 PRI

• Enrique Romero Vargas

1964-1966 PRI

• Enrique Arcaraz Berruezo

1967-1969 PRI

• Eduardo L. Yáñez Velázquez

1970-1972 PRI

• José Huerta Rivera

1973-1975 PRI

• Arturo Oropeza Baruch

1976-1978 PRI

• Gustavo Armando Calderón

1978 PRI

• Manuel Yáñez Velázquez

1979-1981 PRI

• Francisco Lozada Chávez

1982-1984 PRI

• Macario Yáñez Valdovinos

1985-1987 PRI

• René Quintero Márquez

1988-1990 PRI

• Alejandro Delgadillo García

1980 PRI

• Luis Miguel Ocejo Fuentes

1991-1993 PRI

• Martin Vélez Valdez

1993 PRI

• Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa

1994-1996 PRI

• Carlos Madrazo Limón

1997-2000 BREAD

• Juan Antonio Domínguez Zambrano

2000-2003 BREAD

• Salvador Vázquez and Herrera

2003-2006 BREAD

• Gonzalo Alarcón Barcenas

2006-2009 BREAD

• Jesus David Castañeda Delgado

2009-2012 PRI

• Pedro David Rodríguez Villegas

2013-2015 BREAD

• Ana María Balderas Trejo

2016-2018 BREAD

• Ruth Olvera Nieto

2019-2021 Brunette

Transportation

Ground transportation

The internal transport of the municipality, as well as the same one that goes to the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City and vice versa, is provided by different bus lines licensed by the Secretary of Transportation of the State of Mexico, and another smaller number of Concessioned transport routes of the CDMX as well as by equally concessioned taxis.

Due to this, many of the concessionary companies provide service on routes that almost always go to a subway station in the west of the capital, as well as some stations of the Metro bus Service or Concessioned Corridors already in CDMX territory, this with in order to bring the population closer to different areas according to transportation needs.

As examples of companies from the State of Mexico we have:

• Autotransports Montealto S.A. C.V.(also known as Horses)
• Buses of the Northwest and Anexas S.A. de C.V.(ANASA,Also known as the Lighters)
• Buses Mexico Azcapotzalco Tlalnepantla and Anexas S.A. C.V.
• Quick buses from Montealto S.A. C.V.
• Buses Mexico Tlalnepantla and Intermediate Points S.A. From C.V.(It has module for the protection and maintenance of its units)
• Terrestrial Transports Link to Federal District S.A. C.V.
• Route 27 Miguel Hidalgo S.A. C.V.
• Route 10 Madin-Lomas Verdes S.A. C.V.

Which may either have their own color scheme as in the cases of AMATSA, AMT, ANASA and others, or only the regulatory color scheme of the Naucalpan region with the symbol of the satellite towers, plus the regulated tariff pyramid.

And as examples of CDMX routes we have:

• Route 89 (Bonfil Prados Tepalcapa/Lomas Lindas/Mexico New/Hogars of Atizapan/Monte María - Metro Rosario/Metro Tacuba) and (Nicolás Romero/Tlalnepantla Centro - Metro Observatorio Por Periférico.)
• Route 98 (Arboledas/Tecnológico de Monterrey - Metro Tacubaya)

The same ones that can operate with standard CDMX minibus chromatics or new generation purple one-piece chromatics with integrated mobility symbol, carrying the official authorized CDMX fare (from starting point within the city to limits, such as also the tariff pyramid authorized to operate in the State of Mexico within the ranges and limits of routes.

among others that operate having an intermediate step or end of route in the municipality.

From 1981 to 1995, the now extinct Route 100 operated some routes that ended in it, the modules in charge of providing service to Atizapan were 23, 27 and 51N.

• 106C Metro Chapultepec-Ciudad Satélite/Arboledas/Higuera
• 106D Metro Polytechnic-Hogars of Atizapan (with local service to Satellite City)
• 107E Metro Tacuba-Vista Hermosa/Tepalcapa
• Route S/N Metro Observatorio - Arboledas
• S/N Metro Rosario - Higuera
• Route S/N Metro Chapultepec - Higuera

Air transportation

In the municipality is the Jorge Jiménez Cantú National Airport (ICAO code: MMJC), which stopped operations in June 2012, since it was remodeled. It resumed operations in June 2013 with a wider platform, the runway completely rebuilt, and a notable upgrade to its facilities. This airport has a runway 1,300 meters long and 40 meters wide, as well as hangars, a control tower, and an air terminal. It is used mainly by flight schools and general aviation.

Public services

Education

These are:

• Escuela Normal de Atizapán de Zaragoza
• Mexican State School of Special Education
• Centro de Estudios Superiores de San Ángel Campus State of Mexico
• Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Unit 152
• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México
• Universidad Tecnológica de México, Campus Atizapán
• Universidad Justo Sierra (campus San Mateo)
• Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Some private schools within the municipality are:

• Baden Powell College
• Robert F. Kennedy College
• Instituto Zaragoza
• Instituto el Pedregal
• Colegio Pierre Faure Mexico
• Las Lomas School - Chapultepec Heights School
• Institute Kipling Emerald Zone
• Institute Thomas Jefferson Emerald Zone
• Instituto Oriente Arboledas
• Green Hills School

Museums

Adolfo López Mateos Museum

Opened its doors in September 1994, the venue is made up of four rooms where the life stages of the former president of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos are revealed from his childhood, political life and his presidential position, there are objects that he used as the presidential sash and historical fun facts about him. Currently the venue also serves as a cultural house where workshops are given, exhibitions are held in the new "Atizapan" room, film cycles, among other recreational activities. Formerly the enclosure was the seat of the municipal government, and was known as "the house of the people", and is located in the City hall. Public services such as fire police centers hospital estc.

Festival and art

Since 2000, the Luminaria Festival has been held, a cultural festival that lasts 10 days in the esplanade of the municipality and some important points of said municipality.

Among those points where the Luminaria takes place is the Zaragoza Theater, which in 2007 was approved by the Cabildo of the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza to change the name of the Zaragoza Theater to the name of the painter and muralist Diego Rivera, thus calling itself the Diego Rivera Theater, due to the 50th anniversary of the mourning homage of the painter and muralist. The Zaragoza Theater was built in the eighties and inaugurated with the plaque that bore the name Ignacio Zaragoza, bearing that name for years and changed in 2007, however, even changing the name and by community custom, it continued to be called and located as Zaragoza Theater. so for reasons of identity of the municipality they decide to return to the theater in 2009 its original name.

Sports

Sports entities:

In this municipality, the agency in charge of managing sports facilities, promoting sports practice, as well as recreational activities and guaranteeing the integral development of youth is the General Directorate of Sports and Youth, whose mission is to promote the participation of society to develop recreation and sports, attending to the interests and specific needs of the population of the municipality. Directing activities such as: tournaments, competitions, Olympics, exhibitions; developing sports and recreational programs in the different communities of the municipality; in addition to the Municipal and State Olympics.

Sports facilities

There are sports facilities Zaragoza and Ana Gabriela Guevara Sports City, inaugurated on March 12, 2008 by the former sprinter.

The Ana Gabriela Guevara sports complex, located in the Hogares de Atizapán neighborhood, has: a tartan athletics track, a professional soccer field, frontons, basketball courts, volleyball courts, an outdoor gym, a skating rink, changing rooms, toilets, food area, parking lot, multipurpose room, administrative office, lighting and stands for 1,200 people. It also has a semi-Olympic pool named Fernando Platas and a gym called Ricardo "el Finito López".

There is also the Runners Zone in Las Arboledas, where at different times of the day you can practice this sport in a healthy way, it is mainly used by the inhabitants of this neighborhood and nearby neighboring neighborhoods. In the corridor Los bebederos there is a house of culture, in which various activities are taught.

There are four golf courses in the municipality: Hacienda Golf Club, Bellavista Golf Club, Vallescondido Golf Club and Chiluca Country Club.

Areas of interest

Atizapan de Zaragoza is an ideal place which has several places to visit and among them the most important could be more enjoyable. 1. Luis Nishizawa Cultural Center, located in Bosque Esmeralda, Adolfo López Mateos city. 2. Monument to Democracy, located on the main avenue of blvd. Adolfo López Mateos in front of the malls. 3. Municipal Headquarters, located at Av. Adolfo López Mateos col. The paddock. 4. Adolfo López Mateos Mausoleum, located in downtown Atizapán.

Heritage

Within the territory of the municipality the following patrimony is conserved:

• Bridge Jorobado: located near the village of Calacoaya, dates from 1798, as read in the inscription in stone that remains in the place.
• Temple of the Divine Savior of Calacoaya.
• Temple of San Francisco de Assisi, in the municipal head.

Work by Luis Barragán

The architect and Pritzker Prize winner, Luis Barragán participated from 1958 in the development of the new subdivisions in the area currently known as "Las Arboledas", for which reason within this area are preserved the following monuments:

• Source of the Lovers.
• Parque de Los Bebederos.
• Fountain of the Campanario.
• Cuadra of San Cristobal and Casa Egerstrom.

Featured Characters

• Adolfo López Mateos (1910-1969): Bachelor of Law by UNAM and President of the Mexican Republic (1 December 1958 to 30 November 1964). In honor of this former president, there is a mausoleum and in the local municipal palace, a museum dedicated to his life and trajectory, with personal objects ranging from a car, photo galleries, practiced amateur boxing during his youth.

• Luis E. Miramontes (1925-2004): Mexican chemical, inventor of the birth control pill. Born in Tepic, Nayarit established his residence (known as "La Loma" or "Finca Las Lilas") in the colony "Los Olivos", which derives his name from the olive trees that he planted, with his own hands, in the 1950s. Miramontes was awarded in 1986 with the Presea State of Mexico, as a recognition of his work as a scientist.

• José María Velázquez: Owner of the El Pedregal estate, starts the Railroad of Monte Alto in 1892 with an animal traction service, a direct precedent of what would be, until 1940, a means of transport of great importance for the economic development of Atizapán de Zaragoza. He was also municipal president of 1879, 1880 and 1884.

• Sekta Core! (1994-): Mexican ska band. Originally from Atizapán de Zaragoza, it emerged in 1994, with the sole purpose of making music and having fun at the same time, as time transforms everything, it ceased to be a simple reason for fun to become a more serious project.

• Luis Pérez Futbolista professional born in Mexico City developed in Atizapán de Zaragoza, neighbor of Arboledas and formed in the Osvaldo Castro football school (Pata Bendita) Colo-Colo. Until his debut as a professional at the Club Necaxa and outstanding career with Monterrey, Chivas, Querétaro FC and Jaguares of Chiapas, he participated in the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 and played the World Cup of Germany 2006.

• Pablo Barrera Born in the neighboring town Tlalnepantla formed in the football school of Osvaldo Castro (Pata Bendita) Colo-Colo, Vencino de San Miguel Xochimanga, Atizapan de Zaragoza that highlighted in Pumas UNAM, Cruz Azul and Monterrey that played in Europe for West Ham United and Real Zaragoza. Highlighted in South Africa 2010 World Cup, from time to time visit the municipality at the renowned San Mateo Tecoloapan football tournament where you enjoy the encounters presented.

Tourism

The most visited tourist places in the municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza are:

• Adolfo López Mateos Museum: located in Plaza Lic. Adolfo López Mateos, Col. Atizapan Centro. It is said that this place is important for the Atizapense people as it was created in September 1994 to honor the memory of former President Adolfo López Mateos. It has four rooms, in which the trajectory, liberal origins, childhood and youth, political career and presidential management of this character, originating from Atizapan.

• 'Teatro “Zaragoza”: It is located in Calzada San Mateo, San Juan Bosco, Atizapán de Zaragoza, being a space of culture when the Festival of Arts is held, better known as "Luminary". This event is held every year approximately during the month of March, in which every event of these dates is completely free and every year attends people from the neighboring municipalities such as Nicolás Romero, Naucalpan, Tlalnepantla de Baz and Cuautitlán Izcalli.

• Municipal Palace: here is the appreciation of the monument “The tree of Atizapan”, which is a sculpture by Jorge Vargas Villicaña, a tree-shaped figure on whose top is the faucet of Atizapan, the name of Nahuatl origin translated as “Water of white water or chalk”. From the branches you can see roots that lead to the center or trunk of the tree, where there is a violin and a theatre mask, this means the solid foundations of the art that has roots in the atizapenses, in such a way a festival of the important arts, called “Luminaria”. Finally everything lies in a spherical figure that has the shape of golf ball, which represents the modernity and sporting spirit that is always present in Atizapan of Zaragoza.

• Deportivo Ana Gabriela Guevara: located in Casa del Gozo, Casas de Atizapán, Cd López Mateos. It was founded in 2006, for the Mexiquense people and promote a space of sport, both in football, basketball, pediment, gym, athletics and swimming.
• Galleries Atizapan: located in the upper part of the city and with a privileged view of it has become a reference point for shopping tourism for its beautiful architecture, a variety of shops, cinemas, large parking lots, restaurants and food areas.

Atizapan galleries at Christmas.

International Relations

Twinnings

The city of Atizapán de Zaragoza is twinned with the following cities around the world:

• Zaragoza, Spain (2009)
• Los Cabos, Mexico (2017)
• Sanford, United States (2019)
• Macas, Ecuador (2020)
• Quispicanchi, Peru (2022)
• Wánchaq, Peru (2022)
• New Cajamarca, Peru (2022)
• Andahuaylas, Peru (2022)
• Yanahuara, Peru (2022)
• Bathrooms del Inca, Peru (2022)
• Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray, Peru (2022)
• Nicosia, Cyprus
• Barcelona, Spain
• Murcia, Spain