The municipality of Huitzilac, in the state of Morelos, joined the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (ZMVM) on August 3, marking the first change to the composition of this zone in more than thirty years, according to El Universal. The Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development, Edna Vega Rangel, described the agreement as "a historic event that demonstrates a political will not achieved in 30 years."
The integration was approved unanimously at the First Ordinary Session 2026 of the Metropolitan Development Council of the Valle de México, held at Felipe Ángeles International Airport, with the participation of the federal government and the governments of Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Hidalgo, and Morelos, according to the official CDMX portal. The ZMVM now encompasses 84 jurisdictions: 16 boroughs (alcaldías) of Mexico City, 59 municipalities of the State of Mexico, 8 of Hidalgo, and 1 of Morelos. The zone generates 28% of national GDP.
Huitzilac was selected for its strategic role in the Bosque de Agua and the Chichinautzin Biological Corridor, an ecosystem shared between Morelos and Mexico City that feeds critical aquifers serving millions of inhabitants across the country's central region. The metropolitan coordination axes for the new configuration include water governance, regional mobility, coordinated security with shared regional intelligence, and territorial planning to contain urban expansion into recharge zones.
The next institutional step is Huitzilac's incorporation into the expanded metropolitan development program and the coordinated information systems shared among the four entities. The municipality's inclusion in the Metropolitan C5 is the nearest operational indicator of effective integration.
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