[3] Designed and built by Mexican architects Mario Pani and José Luis Cuevas Pietrasanta, under the aegis of then-president Miguel Alemán Valdés (1946-1952) and his family ranch, Los Pirules (which was purchased from the Fuentes-Centurion family on the hacienda Los Chabacanos), it quickly became popular amng wealthy locals who wanted to acquire property outside the city proper.

Ciudad Satélite became the core of a new suburban phenomenon that eventually included not only single-family dwellings but also apartment buildings, condominiums, and retail spaces.

The central-western zone consists of Ciudad Satélite, the core neighbourhood, Lomas Verdes, Boulevares, Naucalli Park, and La Concordia.

The shrine, which divides the Satélite area from the popular zones of Naucalpan municipality, was built in the sixteenth century, and in the architectural compound are the well-known caracoles ("snail") towers of the Los Remedios Aqueduct.

Ciudad Satélite, the core neighborhood, started as a new urban concept in the mid-1950s, as the rapid growth of Mexico City and the rise of a new, energetic middle class ushered-in the development of entirely new districts.

The grounds of the northwestern suburbs of the city (near the old highway to Querétaro) originally belonged to aforementioned President Alemán Valdés, who had maintained some property and built a mansion in Doctors' Circuit.

The great novelty in Ciudad Satélite is the total absence of traffic lights due to an ingenious street layout with "circuitos", or wide, oval circuits that, connecting with other main roads, allow drivers to see oncoming cars.

Designed by Mathias Goeritz and Luis Barragán and inspired by the painter Jesus Reyes Ferreyra's ideas, it is a significant piece of modern sculpture and architecture.

An expropriation decree converted it into a park which has a jogging circuit, many playground spots, monumental fountains, a convention center, an Aaora (forum for art exhibits), a culture house, the branch of a well-known Mexico City restaurant, an archery training ground, a big forum for classical music concerts (the State of Mexico Symphonic Orchestra used to play here on Sundays) and an amusement park with animatronic dinosaurs.

The area houses the UNAM Faculty of Superior Studies at Acatlán and a Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM) university campus.

Cultural exports from Satélite include classical tenor Rolando Villazón, the members of the band Café Tacvba, troubadour Fernando Delgadillo.