Cuautla, Morelos

Cuautla
Heroic and Historic Cuautla
Municipal and rural
Cuautla from the Morelos Museum
Cuautla
Cuautla
Coordinates: 18°48′44″N 98°57′21″W / 18.81222°N 98.95583°W / 18.81222; -98.95583
Country Mexico
StateMorelos
Cuautla de las Amilpas1585
CuautlaApril 4, 1969
Government
 • Municipal PresidentJesús Corona Damián (Partido Acción Nacional)
Area
 • Municipal and rural
153.651 km2 (59.325 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,037.30 km2 (400.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Municipal and rural
1,673,336 (city)
187,118 (municipality)
 • Metro
2,638,927
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
Postal code
62740 - 62759
Area code735
Websitehttp://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. 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. The 2020 population figures were 187,118 inhabitants for the municipality and 157,336 inhabitants for the city of Cuatula.

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.