Cuautla, Morelos

Cuautla Heroic and Historic Cuautla
Municipal and rural
Cuautla from the Morelos Museum
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Coordinates: 18°48′44″N 98°57′21″W / 18.81222°N 98.95583°W / 18.81222; -98.95583
Country	Mexico
State	Morelos
Cuautla de las Ampilas	1585
Cuautla	April 4, 1829
Government
• President	Jesús Corona Damián (Juntos Haremos Historia)
Area
• Municipal and rural	153.651 km2 (59.325 sq mi)
• Metro	1,037.30 km2 (12 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Municipal and rural	157,336 (city) 187,118 (municipality)
• Metro	434,187[1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
Area code	735
Website	http://www.cuautla.gob.mx

Cuautla (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈkʷaʍt͡ɬa], meaning "where the eagles roam"), officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla, Morelos (The Heroic and Historic Cuautla, Morelos) or H. H. Cuautla, Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos, about 104 kilometers south of Mexico City. In the 2010 census the city population was 154,358.^[3] The municipality covers 153.651 km² (59.325 sq mi). Cuautla is the third most populous city in the state, after Cuernavaca and Jiutepec. The city was founded on April 4, 1829.^[4] The 2020 population figures were 187,118 inhabitants for the municipality and 157,336 inhabitants for the city of Cuatula.^[2]

The Cuautla Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Morelos, comprises the municipalities of Cuautla, Yautepec, Ayala, Yecapixtla, Atlatlahucan, and Tlayacapan. It covers 1,037.30 km² (400.50 sq mi), which represents 21.26% of the state's total area. The metropolitan population (2010) is 434,187.^[5]