Emiliano Zapata, Morelos

This article is about the city and municipality in Morelos. For other uses, see Zapata (disambiguation).

Emiliano Zapata is a city in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Morelos. It stands at 18°52′N 99°09′W / 18.867°N 99.150°W / 18.867; -99.150. The city serves as the county seat (sede municipal) for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality is the sixth largest in the state of Morelos, with a 2020 census population of 107,053 inhabitants,[1] and has it an area of 64.983 km2 (25.09 sq mi). The city of Emiliano Zapata had 64,084 inhabitants in 2020.[1] The city was previously known as both San Francisco Zacualpan and San Vicente Zacualpan. It was renamed in honor of Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata.

Subsidiary county seats (ayudantias) are: Tres de Mayo, (population 20,950);[1] known principally for its ceramic,[2] Tezoyuca (population 5,501);[1] where a cement factory and a water park are located,[3] Tetecalita (population 3,963),[1] Tepetzingo (population 2,292)[1][4] and Tetecalita (population 3,963).[1][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2020
  2. ^ Pueblos de America: Tres de Mayo, Morelos accessed Dec 27, 2018
  3. ^ Pueblos de America: Tezoyuca, Morelos accessed Dec 27, 2018
  4. ^ Pueblos de America: Tepetzingo, Morelos accessed Dec 27, 2018
  5. ^ Pueblos de America: Tetecalita, Morelos accessed Dec 27, 2018