CIVAC (Ciudad Industrial del Valle de Cuernavaca, Industrial city of the Cuernavaca Valley) is and industrial park and residential neighborhood located in 568 acres in the municipality of Jiutepec, 10 minutes south of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos, Mexico. It is divided in two areas: the industrial zone and the residential area, planned to house the workers of Civac.

Mexama was the first industry to locate in the area in 1961. On March 4th, 1966 The Industrial City was officially established under a mandate of President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. In the same year, Nissan Mexicana opened in Civac the first assembly plant ever built outside of Japan.

Civac is considered the most important economic development center of the State of Morelos and it accommodates a considerably number of national and international industries like Roche (formerly Syntex), Unilever, NEC, Baxter International, Alucaps, Givaudan, GlaxoSmithKline, Fibrolub Mexicana, Mycom Mayekawa, along with other 150 companies. Nissan still operates in Civac; it is the largest facility in the industrial park, it has two manufacturing plants on site and employees more than 2000 workers.

PROCIVAC ( Asociacion de Propietarios de CIVAC, CIVAC Owners Association) was created in 1972 to manage the operation of public services in the area. However, in 1993 its responsibilities were limited only to the industrial zone.

PROCIVAC is in charge of water services, trash collection, road maintenance, landscape maintenance, public lighting, signage and general infrastructure; also, PROCIVAC supervises urban projects, offers advise on industrial safety and environment preservation. It counts with the CCEC (Centro de Control de Emergencias de Civac, Civac Emergency control center), specialized in the prevention, training and control of industrial emergencies; and the ECCACIV, the most modern wastewater treatment plant in Latin America.

The residents of Civac have easy access to other services like public and private schools (Daycare, pre-school, elementary, middle school and 2 technological centers), medical centers, churches, parks, banks, shopping areas and an affordable and constant transportation system that connects them to the cities of Cuernavaca and Jiutepec.

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