Cuautitlan Izcalli travel guide

Cuautitlán Izcalli (pronounced kwa-ooh-tit-LAN eez-CAL-ee) is a city and municipality in Mexico State, México. The 2005 census made it the sixth most populous in the state, its population of 477,872 dominating a municipality of 498,021 people. The second largest community in the municipal area of 109.9km² (42.43 square miles) is the town of Huilango.
It is bordered by the municipalities of Cuautitlán, Tultitlán, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Nicolás Romero, Tepotzotlán and Teoloyucán.
Cuautitlán Izcalli was born in the 1970s, carved mostly out of Cuautitlán de Romero Rubio (now simply 'Cuautitlán'). Originally planned as the first self-sufficient city in the neighbourhood of México City, the city's design was based on European and American cities and included an industrial, a residential and several green areas. After the 1985 México City earthquake, however, the plans fell apart due to a large influx of Chilangos searching for zones, such as Cuautitlán Izcalli, with no seismic danger.
Nowadays almost 75% of the municipality's residents work in nearby cities such as Satellite City and México City, causing enormous congestion on the only highway available, the Periférico.
Several shopping malls have opened in recent years, including San Miguel and San Marcos, which compete with Perinorte to the south of the municipality. There is a Ford Motor Company plant, assembling Ford F-Series trucks, and a Bacardi spirits factory.
Juan Manuel Gliffard, who was from Cuautitlán, took part in the discussions leading to the Constitution of 1917, under the rule of Venustiano Carranza. He was exiled in 1923. (...) more....