Ciudad Ayala had a population of 6,190 inhabitants in 2005,http://www.nuestro-mexico.com/Morelos/Ayala/Ciudad-Ayala/ (December 13, 2018) and 6335 in 2020.Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2020 The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Ayala, had a population of 85,521 inhabitants in 2015(December 13, 2018) and it has an area of and 89,834 in 2020. The municipality includes towns San Pedro Apatlaco, Anenecuilco, and Tenextepango, which are all larger than Ciudad Ayala. The city was previously known as San Francisco Mapachtlan but was renamed in 1868 to honor Francisco Ayala (1760–1812), who was the first leader in the modern state of Morelos to join the Cry of Dolores in 1810.
