the town of Iztacalco is located in the Municipality of Iztacalco (in the State of Distrito Federal). There are 384326 inhabitants. In the list of the most populated towns of the whole municipality, it is the number #1 of the ranking. Iztacalco is at 2242 meters of altitude.

In the town there are 182534 men and 201792 women. The ratio women per men is 1.106, and the fecundity rate is 1.94 children per woman. People from outside the State of Distrito Federal account for 16.43% of the total population. 1.36% of the inhabitants are illiterate (0.75% of men and 1.92% of women). The average school enrollment ratio is 10.50 (10.79 within the men and 10.24 within the women).

In 2005, in Iztacalco there were 395025 inhabitants. That is to say, now there are -10699 people less (a variation of -2.71%). Of which there are -5325 men less (a variation of -2.83%), and -5374 women less (a variation of -2.59%).2.07% of the population is indigenous, and 0.96% of the inhabitants speak one of the indigenous languages. 0.00% of the population speaks one of the indigineous languages, but not Spanish.43.35% of the inhabitants (more than 12 years) are economically active (53.30% of the men, and 34.35% of the women).Inthere are 114867 dwellings. 99.68% of the dwellings have electricity, 99.22% have piped water, 99.10% have toilet or restroom, 92.32% have a radio receiver, 98.48% a television, 92.91% a fridge, 79.65% a washing-machine, 44.21% a car or a van, 48.73% a personal computer, 73.38% a landline telephone, 76.52% mobile phone, and 37.55% Internet access.

In Iztacalco you can find the Pantitlán station on Mexico City's Line 9 Metro, which is known for its large crowds and dangerous agglomerations. For example, an incident at this station caused injuries to four people, who fell due to saturation on the escalators, as can be seen on this footage.



On other occasions, during the peak hour of passenger traffic at Pantitlán station, hundreds of people crowd onto the platforms waiting for the metro units to arrive, with the danger that this entails due to fights among users to enter them.



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