Economy Toluca

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in colonial times, toluca first gained economic importance producer of smoked , cured meats, chorizo sausage. nearby town of lerma still carries on tradition. however, since time, toluca s economy has expanded far beyond sausage become 1 of industrialized areas in mexico. geographic position in center of country , proximity mexico city well-developed infrastructure, have allowed toluca grow major industrial zone state. toluca began consolidating in 1940s, intense industrialization began in 1950s , continued through of 1980s. growth , industrialization of toluca closely tied growth , changes in economic activities have occurred in mexico city metropolitan area. industrial enterprises on small , micro-level city has attracted large number of international corporations. major products produced include food processing, metals , machinery, paper products, printed matter auto production. industrial base of toluca metropolitan area employs on 33% of municipality s population , 6% of entire state s population.

outside of metropolitan area, economy still based on agriculture , livestock, income tourism. little on 4 percent of total municipal population engages in agriculture raising corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, peas, fava beans , oats on little on half of municipality s territory. livestock raising greater source of income 10,286 sites producing cattle, pigs, sheep , domestic fowl. tourism based on nevado de toluca volcano , archeological zone of calixtlahuaca. despite being little known internationally, manage represent 50% of state s tourism income.

toluca lies in southern part of valley , economic influence felt in southern , central parts of valley. northern parts of valley have closer ties atlacomulco. core metropolitan area of toluca consists of municipalities of toluca, lerma, metepec, san mateo atenco, ocoyoacac , zinacantepec. economic interdependence of these municipalities similar of communities in mexico city metropolitan area. there 2 outer spheres of metropolitan area. first consists of municipalities of almoloya del río, capulhuac, mexicaltzingo, san antonio la isla, tenango del valle , xonacatlán. furthest sphere consists of santiango tianguistenco, santa maría rayón, santa cruz atizapán , chapultepec, méxico. these spheres defined not geographical distance population growth , rate of urbanization.

industrial zone

huizi station in toluca



the museum of science , industry.

toluca located in economic center of mexico. toluca has become important economic city because of industries , infrastructure produce drinks, food, textiles, cars, electric products , such. since 1944, many industries have settled in toluca rather in other cities. in 1965, industrial zone of toluca-lerma-tianguistenco, located on north side of toluca, began attract industries area. city has 5 additional major industrial parks: corredor industrial toluca, parque industrial lerma, parque industrial exportec i., parque industrial exportec ii , parque industrial el coecillo.

chrysler s toluca car assembly has manufactured automobiles since 1968. 220-acre (0.89 km) complex — fiat 500 assembled — employs 2300 people. other companies located here , other of toluca s industrial parks bmw, mercedes benz, coca-cola, femsa, grupo bimbo, nissan, nestlé, pfizer, bayer, crisa, barcel, knorr, trelleborg automotive, , hsbc. have complete manufacturing , r&d facilities in toluca industrial park. mercedes-benz manufactures c-class, e-class, g-class, here , upgrades gl-class, s-class , cls-class armored vehicles @ facility. bmw manufactures 3, 5, 7 , x5 series , offers armored variants.