History Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias

the red circle shows chalco located, when lake of texcoco still existed

with decline of knights comes in 1530 village , in 1563 village arises in chalco boundaries moving between tlayacapan , tlalmanalco. judges continued in chalco , elsewhere throughout colonial period, large property of chalco had origins in royal grants awarded between 1560 , 1642, first land grant awarded in 1565 juan bautista avendano, anton mendez in 1614 , 1641 hernando de aguilar, alfonso núñez casillas , diego ruiz lozano, asked permission bring , pursue breeding cows produce milk, cheese, butter, , on. simultaneously primogeniture , chiefdoms emerge; in terms of primogeniture in province of chalco, important of don miguel saenz de sicilia , soria, widespread ballot in madrid on may 4, 1774.

lake chalco major influence chalco in sixteenth century lake port in 4 docks docked trajineras carrying vegetables , seeds mexico city.

during nineteenth century, salient facts are: consummation of independence, constitution of 1824 promulgated forming free , sovereign state of mexico districts of acapulco, cuernavaca, huejutla, mexico, apaxco, toluca, tula , tulancingo; both parties chalco, coyoacan, cuautitlan, ecatepec, mexicaltzingo, mexico, tacuba, teotihuacan texcoco, xochimilco , zumpango.

in 1861, municipal head appointed villa , imposed names of diaz covarrubias in honor of juan diaz covarrubias. medical student killed leonardo mark on april 11, 1859. chalco hosted meeting of maximilian , empress carlota amalia, comes receive when returning yucatán.

stands out in state of mexico s indigenous peasant rebellion made julio lopez chavez although short (december 1867-1868), had great importance regional , national level, why authors such gaston garcia cantu, manuel diaz ramirez, john hart , others have argued movement precursor of zapatista movement (almost 40 years earlier). julio lopez chavez began agrarian movement in favor of division of estates among indigenous exploited, because him indians landowners, movement started in san francisco acuautla, coatepec , san vicente chicoloapan, executed on july 9, 1868 within school of lightning , socialism .

during porfiriato major economic activity takes place, meeting point traders different places, water communication continues canoes , steamboats, industry reaches further development , goods reach peak , beginnings in late sixteenth , seventeenth century. among farms stand out of xico, company, moral, among others; in 1895 regional school of agriculture not successful installed , in same year desiccated lake chalco, disappearing few fishermen had later these lands used farmland.

in 1890 president of mexico, general porfirio díaz laid foundation stone first city hall , in 1893 opened same agent.

as revolutionary movement of 1910, municipality of chalco had clashes between zapata , carranza, take ayotzingo church, set on fire twice, shoot several men, women outraged; chalco destroy zapatistas in parish archives, part of church , houses.

1979 on grounds of lake chalco dried starts largest slums in latin america known valle de chalco more 500,000 inhabitants in first stage. s why municipal head elevated city status in march 1989, after november 30, 1994 inhabitants of region of valle de chalco fighting separation in search of identity , better living conditions, municipality 122 called valle de chalco solidaridad created.

a major employer san rafael paper factory. government sources mention helicopter francisco blake mora traveled collided in municipality, leaving 8 top government officials dead.