Cuautla, Morelos

Cuautla
Heroic and Historic Cuautla
Municipal and rural
Cuautla from the Morelos Museum
Cuautla from the Morelos Museum
Cuautla is located in Morelos
Cuautla
Cuautla
Cuautla is located in Mexico
Cuautla
Cuautla
Coordinates: 18°48′44″N 98°57′21″W / 18.81222°N 98.95583°W / 18.81222; -98.95583
Country Mexico
StateMorelos
Cuautla de las Ampilas1585
CuautlaApril 4, 1829
Government
 • Municipal PresidentJesús Corona Damián (Juntos Haremos Historia)
Area
 • Municipal and rural153.651 km2 (59.325 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,037.30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Municipal and rural157,336 (city)
187,118 (municipality)
 • Metro
434,187[1]
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
Area code735
Websitehttp://www.cuautla.gob.mx

Cuautla (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈkʷaʍt͡ɬa], meaning "where the eagles roam"), officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla, Morelos (The Heroic and Historic Cuautla, Morelos) or H. H. Cuautla, Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos, about 104 kilometers south of Mexico City. In the 2010 census the city population was 154,358.[3] The municipality covers 153.651 km2 (59.325 sq mi). Cuautla is the third most populous city in the state, after Cuernavaca and Jiutepec. The city was founded on April 4, 1829.[4] The 2020 population figures were 187,118 inhabitants for the municipality and 157,336 inhabitants for the city of Cuatula.[2]

The Cuautla Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Morelos, comprises the municipalities of Cuautla, Yautepec, Ayala, Yecapixtla, Atlatlahucan, and Tlayacapan. It covers 1,037.30 km2 (400.50 sq mi), which represents 21.26% of the state's total area. The metropolitan population (2010) is 434,187.[5]

  1. ^ COESPO, Retrieved Dec 18, 2018
  2. ^ a b "Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda". inegi.org.mx. INEGI. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Cuautla de Morelos (Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.
  4. ^ "Morelos - Cuautla". siglo.inafed.gob.mx. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  5. ^ CEOSPO Morelos, Retrieved Dec 18, 2018