Satelite

Satélite has many concepts within. As said earlier, Ciudad Satélite is the main neighbourhood or "core" of the entire area, which started as a different urbanistic concept (See History). But real estate developments through the ages have expanded completely the idea of any Greater Mexico City inhabitant about the word Satélite.

The project was approved by the president Miguel Alemán Valdés in 1948. The city was almost finished, but uninhabited in 1952. In that year people started to move in, because of the attractive prices. Public Services as the phone lines were not finished yet in all circuits. People had to use public phones. Ciudad Satélite didn't start to be massive populated until 1970's.

For some, the area can be divided into four parts: The south zone, which comprises from Las Américas neighbourhood, next to Naucalpan City Hall, Vista del Valle (after the famous Norwegian poet), Paseos del Bosque and El Mirador. Some even consider the neighbourhoods of San Mateo, La Florida and the Echegaray borough to be part of the South Zone of Satélite. The next zone would be the central-western zone. Technically, it consists of Ciudad Satélite, the core neighbourhood, Lomas Verdes, Boulevares, Naucalli Park, and even La Concordia. The third area is the northern zone: Fuentes de Satélite, Santa Cruz del Monte, Bellavista, and Calacoaya neighbourhoods enter here.

Two more zones might be considered inside Satélite: the first one is called the far northern zone. The exclusion is explained because there is a huge low income zone (San Andrés Atenco) between the urban extension of what Satélite normally is considered and this neighbourhoods. The far northern zone includes neighbourhoods such as Alamedas, Santa Mónica Valle Dorado, Arboledas, Pirules and even Club de Golf Hacienda. Finally, the last zone. Zona Esmeralda (Comprising Chiluca, Vallescondido and Sayavedra). This exclusion is easily explained because of the detachment between Satélite and Zona Esmeralda: several hectares of undeveloped grounds, Chamapa-Lechería highway and Madín dam divide the two urban extensions. Other factors are: a whole different urban concept and a higher income level. However, the inhabitants of Zona Esmeralda are not also considered "satelucos", although that term is applied by the actual people that live there to a certain type of people who wander around through the streets in upgraded cars and a high-volumed popular tune. In the heart of Satélite, La Zona Azul, a couple of mainly commercial streets, this parade is most remarked on a Friday afternoon.

These zones mainly belong to Naucalpan, Tlalnepantla, and Atizapán de Zaragoza municipalities