Iztacalco

Iztacalco
Top: Ignacio Zaragoza Avenue; Middle: San Matías Monastery, Iztacalco Borough Hall; Bottom: San Matías main plaza; Palacio de los Deportes
Official seal of Iztacalco
Iztacalco within Mexico City
Iztacalco within Mexico City
Coordinates: 19°23′43″N 99°05′52″W / 19.39528°N 99.09778°W / 19.39528; -99.09778
CountryMexico
Federal entityMexico City
Established1928
Named forPre-Columbian city
SeatRío Churubusco y Avenida Té. Col. Ramos Millán, Iztacalco
Government
 • MayorRaúl Armando Quintero Martínez (MORENA)
Area
 • Total23.21 km2 (8.96 sq mi)
Elevation2,242 m (7,356 ft)
Population
 (2020).[1]
 • Total404,695
 • Density17,000/km2 (45,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Postal codes
08000 – 08930
Area code55
HDI (2020)Increase 0.835 Very High [2]
Website[1]

Iztacalco (Spanish: [istaˈkalko] ) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City. It is located in the central-eastern area and it is the smallest of the city's boroughs. The area's history began in 1309 when the island of Iztacalco, in what was Lake Texcoco, was settled in 1309 by the Mexica who would later found Tenochtitlan, according to the Codex Xolotl. The island community would remain small and isolated through the colonial period, but drainage projects in the Valley of Mexico dried up the lake around it. The area was transformed into a maze of small communities, artificial islands called chinampas and solid farmland divided by canals up until the first half of the 20th century. Politically, the area has been reorganized several times, being first incorporated in 1862 and the modern borough coming into existence in 1929. Today, all of the canals and farmland are dried out and urbanized as the most densely populated borough and the second most industrialized.

  1. ^ a b c "Principales Resultados del Censo de Vivienda y Población 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Base de datos del IDS-2020". Consejo de Evaluación de la Ciudad de México.