City in State of Mexico, Mexico
Ciudad López Mateos
Ciudad López Mateos is a city in the State of Mexico, Mexico, and the municipal seat of the municipality called Atizapán de Zaragoza.
The city was previously named San Francisco Atizapán, but the official name was changed after president Adolfo López Mateos, who was born in that town. However, the city is still commonly known as Atizapán. There were 489,160 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It is the seventh-largest city in the state. It includes the upscale neighborhood Zona Esmeralda.
How locals move
Getting around Ciudad López Mateos the local way
- Get aroundSome small relief is promised in late 2026 when the Mexicable cable car route 3 opens between Cuatro Caminos and the neighborhoods of Izcalli Chamapa and Lomas del Cadete.
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