Mexico City
Mexico City is Mexico's capital. The city center is built on the ruins of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, and later came to be the capital of New Spain, which included much of North America.Photo: Chivista, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Centro
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The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, around the Plaza de la Constitución, is an area clearly different from the rest of the city.
Xochimilco
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Xochimilco is to the south of Mexico City, and gives a glimpse at the effects of rushed urbanization over the years.
Coyoacán
This relatively large area in the southwest of Mexico City has always been a counterculture hotbed.Destinations
Tlalpan
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Tlalpan and Pedregal is a district of Mexico City. Tlalpan is best known as the location of most hospitals in Mexico City and its most natural parks.
Iztapalapa
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Iztapalapa is in the eastern part of Mexico City. It is a rough and tumble area that is the most populous borough in the city, as well as the poorest, and most crime-ridden.
Chapultepec
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Chapultepec is a district of Mexico City. "Chapultepec" means "Grasshopper Hill" in Nahuatl, the language of the "Aztecs".
Magdalena Contreras
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Magdalena Contreras is one of the 16 boroughs of Mexico City.
Zona Rosa
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Zona Rosa is a business and entertainment district located in a portion of Colonia Juárez, near the center of Mexico City.
Condesa and Roma
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The Condesa and Roma district of Mexico City is a residential and restaurant area on both sides of Insurgentes avenue between Viaducto Miguel Alemán in the south and Avenida Chapultepec in the north.
Polanco
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Polanco refers to an area of Mexico City north of Chapultepec Park.
Del Valle
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Colonia del Valle is a wealthy and inviting neighborhood in Mexico City.
Santa Fe
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Santa Fe is in the western area of Mexico City. It is the newest and most modern district of the…
La Villa de Guadalupe
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La Villa de Guadalupe is in the northern part of Mexico City, part of the delegación of Gustavo A.
San Angel
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San Ángel is a colonia or neighborhood of Mexico City, located in the southwest in Álvaro Obregón borough.
Desert of the Lions
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Desierto de los Leones is a national park that is in the southwest section of Mexico City.
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Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
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The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City.
Zócalo
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Zócalo is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City.
Localities in the Area
Venustiano Carranza
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Venustiano Carranza is a borough in Mexico City, Mexico.
Cuauhtémoc Borough
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Cuauhtémoc, named after the former Aztec leader, is a borough of Mexico City.
Gustavo A. Madero Borough
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Gustavo A. Madero is the northernmost borough of Mexico City.
Mexico City
- Type: City with 8,560,000 residents
- Description: capital and largest city of Mexico
- Neighbors: Mexico State and Morelos
- Categories: federative entity of Mexico, million city, big city, metropolis, largest city, megacity, primate city and locality
- Location: Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.4326° or 19° 25' 57" northLongitude
-99.1332° or 99° 7' 60" westPopulation
8,560,000Elevation
2,240 metres (7,349 feet)Abbreviation
CdmxIATA airport code
MEXUnited Nations Location Code
MX MEXOpen Location Code
76F2CVM8+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 62270270OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3530597Wikidata ID
Q1489Mexico City Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Achinese: Banda Meksiko
- Afar: Mexiko
- Afrikaans: Meksikostad
- Akan: Mexico City
- Albanian: Meksika
- Albanian: Meksiko
- Albanian: Qyteti i Meksikës
- Amharic: ሜክሲኮ ከተማ
- Arabic: Syudad han Mehiko
- Arabic: مدينة المكسيك
- Arabic: مدينة مكسيكو
- Arabic: ميكسيكو سيتي
- Arabic: ميهكو سيتي
- Aragonese: Ciudat de Mexico
- Armenian: Մեխիկո
- Armenian: Մեքսիքօ
- Asturian: Ciudá de Méxicu
- Atikamekw: Mexico
- Avaric: Мехико
- Aymara: Mïxiku marka
- Azerbaijani: Mexiko
- Balinese: Kota Méksiko
- Bashkir: Мехико
- Basque: Mexiko Hiria
- Bavarian: Mexiko-Stod
- Bavarian: Mexiko Stod
- Belarusian: Мехіка
- Belarusian: Мэхіка
- Bengali: মেক্সিকো
- Bengali: মেক্সিকো শহর
- Bengali: মেক্সিকো সিটি
- Bhojpuri: मैक्सिको सिटी
- Bosnian: Ciudad de México
- Bosnian: Mexico City
- Breton: Kêr-Vec'hiko
- Bulgarian: Мексико
- Burmese: မက္ကဆီကိုမြို့
- Catalan: Ciudad de México
- Catalan: Ciutat de Mèxic
- Catalan: Mèxic D.F.
- Catalan: Mèxic DF
- Catalan: México D.F.
- Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Mehiko
- Cebuano: Mexico City
- Central Bikol: Mexico
- Central Bikol: Syudad nin Mehiko
- Central Kurdish: مەکسیکۆ سیتی
- Chavacano: Ciudad de Mexico
- Chechen: Мехико
- Chinese: México Chhī
- Chinese: 墨西哥城
- Chuvash: Мехико
- Cornish: Cita Mexico
- Corsican: Cità di Messicu
- Corsican: Cità di u Messicu
- Crimean Tatar: Mehiko
- Crimean Tatar: Meksiko
- Croatian: Ciudad de Mexico
- Croatian: Ciudad de México
- Croatian: Grad Mexico
- Croatian: Mexico
- Czech: Ciudad de México
- Danish: Mexico City
- Dimli (individual language): Meksiko City
- Dotyali: मेक्सिको सिटी
- Dutch: Mexico-Stad
- Dutch: Mexico-stad
- Eastern Mari: Мехико
- Egyptian Arabic: ميكسيكو سيتى
- English: CDMX
- English: City of Mexico
- English: Ciudad de México
- English: Mexico
- English: Mexico City, Mexico
- English: Mexico D.F.
- Erzya: Мехико
- Esperanto: Meksik-urbo
- Esperanto: Meksiko
- Esperanto: Meksikurbo
- Estonian: México
- Extremaduran: Ciá de Méjicu
- Faroese: Meksikobýur
- Fiji Hindi: Mexico City
- Fijian: Siti o Mekisiko
- Finnish: Ciudad de México
- Finnish: México
- French: Cité de Mexico
- French: Cité du Mexique
- French: Ciudad de México
- French: Mexico
- French: ville de Mexico
- Galician: Cidade de México
- Galician: Ciudad de México
- Galician: México, D.F.
- Galician: مکزیکو سیتی
- Georgian: მეხიკო
- Georgian: მეხიკო სიტი
- German: Ciudad de México
- German: DF
- German: Distrito Federal
- German: Mexico City
- German: Mexiko-Stadt
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Mexico City
- Gilaki: مکزیکو سیتی
- Greek: Πόλη του Μεξικού
- Guarani: Méjiko táva
- Guarani: Táva Méhiko
- Guianese Creole French: Mexico
- Gujarati: મેક્સિકો શહેર
- Gujarati: મેક્સિકો સિટી
- Haitian: Meksiko
- Hakka Chinese: México Sṳ
- Hausa: Kūlanakauhale ʻo Mekiko
- Hausa: Mexico
- Hausa: México Sṳ
- Hawaiian: Mēkiko D.F.
- Hebrew: מכסיקו סיטי
- Hebrew: מקסיקו סיטי
- Hindi: मेक्सिको नगर
- Hindi: मेक्सिको सिटी
- Hindi: मैक्सिको शहर
- Hungarian: Ciudad de México
- Hungarian: Mexikóváros
- Icelandic: Mexíkóborg
- Ido: Mexiko
- Ido: México
- Igbo: Mézíkọ city
- Iloko: Siudad ti Mehiko
- Indonesian: Ciudad de México
- Indonesian: Kota Meksiko
- Indonesian: Mexico City
- Indonesian: Mexico D.F.
- Ingush: Мехико
- Interlingua: Citate de Mexico
- Interlingue: Cité de Mexico
- Irish: Cathair Mheicsiceo
- Italian: Città del Messico
- Jamaican Creole English: Mexiko Siti
- Japanese: メキシコシティ
- Japanese: メキシコ市
- Japanese: 宮殿の都市
- Japanese: 希望の都市
- Javanese: Kutha Mèksiko
- Javanese: Mexico City
- Kabardian: Мехико
- Kabiyè: Mɛkisiikoo
- Kabyle: Mexico
- Kalaallisut: Mexico City
- Kannada: ಮೆಕ್ಸಿಕೋ ನಗರ
- Kara-Kalpak: Mexiko
- Karachay-Balkar: Мехико
- Kazakh: Мехико
- Kazakh: Мехико қаласы
- Kikuyu: Mexico City
- Kirghiz: Мехико
- Komi-Permyak: Мехико
- Komi: Мехико
- Korean: 멕시코 시
- Korean: 멕시코시티
- Kurdish: Meksîko
- Ladin: Zitá dl Mexico
- Ladino: Sivdad de Meksiko
- Lao: Siudad ti Mehiko
- Latin: Mexicopolis
- Latin: urbs Mexicum
- Latvian: Mehiko
- Lezghian: Мехико
- Ligurian: Çittæ do Mescico
- Limburgan: Mexico-stad
- Lingala: Mbóka ya Mexiko
- Lingua Franca Nova: Site Mexico
- Literary Chinese: 墨西哥城
- Lithuanian: Meksikas
- Livvi: Mehiko
- Lojban: mexygu'e tcadu
- Lombard: Cità del Messich
- Low German: Mexiko-Stadt
- Luxembourgish: Mexiko-Stad
- Macedo-Romanian: Meksiko easti
- Macedonian: Град Мексико
- Macedonian: Мексико
- Macedonian: Мексико Сити
- Malagasy: Mexico
- Malagasy: Mexico City
- Malay: Bandar Raya Mexico
- Malayalam: മെക്സിക്കോ സിറ്റി
- Maltese: Belt tal-Messiku
- Marathi: मेक्सिको शहर
- Marathi: मेक्सिको सिटी
- Mazanderani: مکزیکوسیتی
- Min Dong Chinese: México Chê
- Min Nan Chinese: México Chhī
- Mingrelian: მეხიკო
- Mixtepec Mixtec: Nkoyo
- Moksha: Мэхико
- Mongolian: Мехико
- Mongolian: Мехико Хот
- Moroccan Arabic: ميكسيكو
- N'Ko: ߡߍߞߛߌߞߏ߫
- N'Ko: ߡߍߞߛߌߞߏ߫ ߛߏ
- Navajo: Naakaii Bikin Haalʼá
- Neapolitan: Città ddò Messeco
- Neapolitan: Città ddò Messico
- Northern Frisian: Meksiko-Stääd
- Northern Luri: مکزیکوسیتی
- Northern Sami: Meksiko gávpot
- Norwegian: Mexico by
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mexico by
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mexico by
- Novial: Mexiko Urbe
- Nyanja: Mexico City
- Occitan (post 1500): CDMX
- Occitan (post 1500): Ciutat de Mexic
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mexicoburg
- Oriya: ମେକ୍ସିକୋ ସହର
- Ossetian: Мехико
- Panjabi: ਮੈਕਸੀਕੋ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ
- Papiamento: Ciudad di Mexico
- Persian: مکزیکو
- Persian: مکزیکوسیتی
- Persian: مکزیکو سیتی
- Picard: Méssico
- Piemontese: Sità dël Méssich
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Meksikoe Sitii
- Polish: Meksyk
- Portuguese: CDMX
- Portuguese: Cidade do México
- Portuguese: Ciudad de México
- Pushto: مکسیکو ښار
- Quechua: Mihiku llaqta
- Quechua: Mishiku llaqta
- Romanian: Ciudad de México
- Romanian: Mexico
- Romanian: Mexico City
- Romansh: Citad da Mexico
- Russia Buriat: Мехико хото
- Russian: Мехико
- Rusyn: Мексіко Сіті
- Samoan: Mexico Siti
- Samogitian: Meksėks
- Santali: ᱢᱮᱠᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱥᱤᱴᱤ
- Santali: ᱢᱮᱠᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨ
- Sardinian: Tzitade de su Mèssicu
- Saterfriesisch: Mexiko-Stääd
- Scots: Mexico Ceety
- Scottish Gaelic: Meagsago
- Serbian: Meksiko Siti
- Serbian: Мексико
- Serbian: Мексико Сити
- Serbo-Croatian: Ciudad Mexico
- Serbo-Croatian: Ciudad de Mexico
- Serbo-Croatian: Ciudad de México
- Serbo-Croatian: Miksiku
- Shona: Mexico City
- Sicilian: Cità dû Messicu
- Sicilian: Cità dû Mèssicu
- Silesian: Meksyk
- Sinhala: මෙක්සිකෝ නගරය
- Slovak: Mexiko
- Slovenian: Ciudad de Mexico
- Slovenian: Ciudad de México
- South Azerbaijani: مکزیکو سیتی
- Southern Altai: Мехико
- Spanish: CDMX
- Spanish: Cd Méx
- Spanish: Ciudad de Mexico
- Spanish: Ciudad de Méjico
- Spanish: Ciudad de México
- Spanish: D. F.
- Spanish: DF
- Spanish: Distrito Federal
- Spanish: Mexico D.F.
- Spanish: Mexico DF
- Spanish: México
- Spanish: México, D.F.
- Spanish: México DF
- Spanish: México Distrito Federal
- Spanish: Valle de México
- Swahili: Mexico
- Swedish: Mexico City
- Swiss German: Mexiko-Stadt
- Tachelhit: Miksiku
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Mehiko
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng México
- Tagalog: México
- Tajik: Мехико
- Tajik: Шаҳри Мексика
- Talysh: Meksiko
- Tamil: மெக்சிகோ நகரம்
- Tamil: மெக்சிக்கோ நகரம்
- Tamil: மெக்ஸிகோ நகரம்
- Tamil: மெக்ஸிகோ ஸிடி
- Tatar: Мехико
- Telugu: మెక్సికో నగరం
- Telugu: మెక్సికో సిటీ
- Thai: Mexico City
- Thai: เม็กซิโกซิตี
- Tibetan: མེག་སི་ཀོ་གྲོང་།
- Tigrinya: ከተማ ሜክሲኮ
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kolo Mekisikou
- Tosk Albanian: Mexiko-Stadt
- Turkish: Ciudad de Mexico
- Turkish: Meksiko
- Turkmen: Mehiko
- Twi: Ciudad de México
- Udmurt: Мехико
- Uighur: مېكسىكا شەھىرى
- Ukrainian: Мехіко
- Upper Sorbian: Mexiko-město
- Urdu: میکسیکو شہر
- Uzbek: Mexiko shahri
- Venetian: CDMX
- Venetian: Ciudad de México
- Venetian: Sità del Mèsego
- Veps: Mehiko
- Vietnamese: Ciudad de Mexico
- Vietnamese: Thành phố Mexico
- Vietnamese: Thành phố México
- Vietnamese: Thành phố Mễ Tây Cơ
- Vlax Romani: Mexico City
- Volapük: Ciudad de México
- Võro: México
- Waray (Philippines): Syudad han Mehiko
- Welsh: Dinas Mecsico
- Welsh: Dinas Mexico
- Western Armenian: Մեքսիքօ Սիթի
- Western Frisian: Meksiko-Stêd
- Western Mari: Мехико
- Western Panjabi: میکسیکو شہر
- Wu Chinese: 墨西哥城
- Yakut: Мехико
- Yiddish: מעקסיקא שטאט
- Yoruba: Ìlú Mẹ́ksíkò
- Yue Chinese: 墨西哥城
- Zeeuws: Mexico-Stad
- Altepetl Mexihco
- Cd. Mx.
- Cetate d'u Messeche
- D.F.
- Meksikoe Citii
- Sità dal Mèsic
- ma tomo Mesiko
- Çittæ do Méscico
- Āltepētl Mēxihco
- מעקסיקע שטאט
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