Region V (Spanish: Región V. Ecatepec) is an

intrastate region An intrastate region of Mexico (Spanish: ''Región'') is a collection of municipalities in a Mexican state that are grouped together for statistical purposes. For example, in the State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), o ...

within the

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

. It lies to the north of

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of ...

in the

Valley of Mexico The Valley of Mexico ( es, Valle de México) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with present-day Mexico City and the eastern half of the State of Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico wa ...

, borders the state of Hidalgo, and the whole region is one of 10 regions in the state which comprise the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico, but the least populated least dense and farthest municipality is not included in the definition of Mexico City Metropolitan Area (see

Greater Mexico City Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico ( es, Zona metropolitana del Valle de México). It encompasses Mexico City itself and 60 adjacent municipalities of the ...

). The region comprises five cities,

Ecatepec de Morelos Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Mexico, and is situated in the north part of the greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec. The city of Ecatepec i ...

Otumba Otumba may refer to: *Otumba, State of Mexico, a municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico *Otumba de Gómez Farías, a town and the municipal seat of Otumba municipality, State of Mexico *Otompan, a pre-Columbian ''altepetl'' *Battle of Otumba, a ...

, Tecámac,

Temascalapa Temascalapa is one of 125 municipalities in the State of Mexico in Mexico. It's municipal seat is the town of Temascalapa. It is located to the north of Mexico City and to the west of the municipality. It is situated close to the border with the ...

, and

Acolman Acolman de Nezahualcóyotl is a town and municipality located in the northern part of State of Mexico, part of the Greater Mexico City area, just north of the city proper. According to myth, the first man was placed here after being taken out of ...

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