Ecatepec

Ecatepec is a suburb of , lying just across the state line in . Although densely populated and well positioned as an important transportation hub for northern Mexico City, it is not a particularly attractive area and has little in the way of culture or recreation to draw out-of-town visitors.
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  • Type: City with 1,650,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Mexico
  • Also known as: Ecatepec de Morelos” and “Ecatepec de Morelos Municipality

Ecatepec

Latitude
19.5994° or 19° 35′ 58″ north
Longitude
-99.0487° or 99° 2′ 55″ west
Population
1,650,000
Elevation
2,276 metres (7,467 feet)
Open location code
76F2HXX2+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2750067513
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8133398
Wiki­data ID
Q15121208
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ecatepec” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Arabic: ايكاتيبيك دي موريلوس
  • Aragonese: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Armenian: Էկատեպեկ դե Մորելոս
  • Asturian: conceyu d’Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Asturian: Ecatepec de Morelos (conceyu de Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Ecatepec de Morelos (Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Aymara: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Azerbaijani: Ekatepek
  • Basque: Ecatepec de Morelos (udalerria)
  • Basque: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Belarusian: Экатэпек-дэ-Марэлас
  • Belarusian: Экатэпэк-дэ-Марэляс
  • Bulgarian: Екатепек де Морелос
  • Catalan: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Cebuano: Ecatepec de Morelos (munisipyo sa Mehiko)
  • Cebuano: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Central Kurdish: ئێکاتێپێک دێ مۆرێلۆس
  • Chinese: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Chinese: 埃卡堤佩
  • Chinese: 埃卡提佩
  • Chinese: 埃卡特佩克
  • Chinese: 埃卡特佩克德莫雷洛斯
  • Chuvash: Экатепек-де-Морелос
  • Croatian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Czech: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Dutch: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Esperanto: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • French: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Galician: Concello de Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Galician: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Georgian: ეკატეპეკ-დე-მორელოსი
  • German: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • German: Municipio Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Greek: Εκατεπέκ ντε Μορέλος
  • Hebrew: אקטפק דה מורלוס
  • Hungarian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Ido: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Iloko: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Indonesian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Interlingua: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Italian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Japanese: エカテペック
  • Kalaallisut: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Kazakh: Экатепек-де-Морелос
  • Korean: 에카테펙데모렐로스
  • Ladino: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Latin: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Latvian: Ekatepeka
  • Min Nan Chinese: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Mingrelian: ეკატეპეკ-დე-მორელოსი
  • Northern Frisian: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ecatepec
  • Norwegian: Ecatepec
  • Persian: اکاتپک د مورلوس
  • Polish: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Polish: Ecatepec
  • Portuguese: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Romanian: Municipalitatea Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Russian: Экатепек-де-Морелос
  • Scots: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Serbian: Општина Екатепек де Морелос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Ecatepec de Morelos, México
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Spanish: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Spanish: Municipio de Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Swedish: Ecatepec de Morelos kommun
  • Swedish: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Tatar: Экатепек-де-Морелос
  • Thai: เอกาเตเปก
  • Turkish: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Ukrainian: Екатепек-де-Морелос
  • Urdu: ایکاتیپیک دے موریلوس
  • Vietnamese: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Volapük: Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Waray (Philippines): Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Wu Chinese: 埃卡提佩
  • Yue Chinese: 埃卡提佩
  • Ecatepec
  • Ecatepec de Morelos
  • Ehecatepec Morelos
  • Municipio de Ecatepec
  • Municipio de Ecatepec de Morelos

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