Valley of Mexico
The Valley of Mexico, sometimes also called Basin of Mexico, is a highlands plateau in central Mexico. Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes, the Valley of Mexico was a centre for several pre-Columbian civilizations including Teotihuacan, the Toltec, and the Aztec Empire.Photo: José María Velasco Gómez, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Tecámac Municipality
Town
Photo: Benjamin Estevez Cruz, Public domain.
Tecámac is a municipality in State of Mexico in Mexico. Tecámac Municipality is situated 6 km northeast of Valley of Mexico.
Tepexpan
Town
Photo: Marrovi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tepexpan is the largest town in the Acolman municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Tepexpan is situated 9 km southeast of Valley of Mexico.
San Pablo de las Salinas
Town
San Pablo de las Salinas is the second-largest colonia in Tultitlán Municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico. San Pablo de las Salinas is situated 9 km west of Valley of Mexico.
Valley of Mexico
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 2,309 metres
- Description: highlands plateau in central Mexico
- Category: landform
- Location: Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Valley of Mexico Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: وادي المكسيك
- Armenian: Մեքսիկական հովիտ
- Basque: Mexikoko harana
- Basque: Mexikoko ibarra
- Basque: Valle de México
- Belarusian: Даліна Мэхіка
- Breton: Traonienn Mec'hiko
- Catalan: Vall de Mèxic
- Catalan: vall de Mèxic
- Chinese: 墨西哥谷
- Czech: Údolí Mexika
- Dutch: Vallei van Mexico
- English: Anahuac
- Esperanto: Valo de Meksiko
- Finnish: Meksikon laakso
- French: Anahuac
- French: Vallée de Mexico
- French: vallée de Mexico
- Georgian: მეხიკოს ველი
- German: Anahuac-Tal
- German: Becken von Mexiko
- German: Mexiko-Becken
- German: Tal von Mexiko
- Hebrew: עמק מקסיקו
- Indonesian: Lembah Meksiko
- Interlingua: Valle de Mexico
- Italian: Valle del Messico
- Italian: Valle di Anáhuac
- Japanese: メキシコ盆地
- Lithuanian: Meksiko slėnis
- Manx: Glion Veksico
- Navajo: Méhigo tééh
- Norwegian: Mexicodalen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mexicodalen
- Polish: Dolina Meksyku
- Portuguese: Vale do México
- Russian: долина Мехико
- Spanish: Valle de Mexico
- Spanish: Valle de México
- Swedish: Anahuac
- Turkish: Meksika Vadisi
- Ukrainian: Долина Мехіко
- Anáhuac
- Basin of México
- Cuenca de México
- Tepētzallāntli Mēxihco
Localities in the Area
- Soto y GamaLocality
- Santa María OzumbillaLocality
- Loma BonitaLocality
- Colonia TezontlaLocality
- Diez de JunioLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- TaitocanRailway station, 8 km northwest
- Felipe Ángeles International AirportAerodrome, 9 km north
- Cerro NixcuyoPeak, 9 km east
- San CristóbalRailway station, 9 km south
- Estación CajicaRailway station, 10 km west
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Valley of Mexico. Photo: José María Velasco Gómez, Public domain.