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Mexico City city overview
Mexico City is a city in Mexico shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseMexico City International (MEX)
Known forMexico City, Capital city in Mexico, Mexico City planning base 3, Mexico City planning base 4
Population~9.2Mcity context
RegionMexicoMexico
Time zoneAmerica/Mexico_Citylocal time
Founded1821historical origin
City history
The latter arrived around the 14th century to settle first on the shores of the lake. Aztec period The city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was founded by the Mexica people in 1325 or 1327.
After a decade of war, Mexico's independence from Spain was effectively declared in the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire on 27 September 1821.
Texcoco de Mora and then Toluca became the capital of the State of Mexico. Battle of Mexico City in the U.S.–Mexican War of 1847 During the 19th century, Mexico City was the center stage.
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in what is now the far north of the city. Mexican Revolution (1910–1920) The capital escaped the worst of the violence of the ten-year conflict of the.
The 1968 Olympic Games brought about the construction of large sporting facilities.
On 19 September 1985, at 7:19am CST, the area was struck by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
Venustiano Carranza's Constitutionalist faction ultimately prevailed in the revolutionary civil war and Carranza took up residence in the presidential palace. 20th century to present In the 20th century the phenomenal growth of the city.
The old Mexica city that is now referred to as Tenochtitlan was built on an island in the center of the inland lake system of the Valley of Mexico, which is shared with a.
Although the Spanish preserved Tenochtitlan's basic layout, they built Catholic churches over the old Aztec temples and claimed the imperial palaces for themselves.
The city had been the capital of the Aztec Empire and in the colonial era, Mexico City became the capital of New Spain.
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishopric of New Spain, was constructed on another side of the Zócalo, as was the archbishop's palace, and across from it the building housing the.
The causeways were rebuilt under Spanish rule with indigenous labor.
A major labor draft, the desagüe, compelled thousands of indigenous over the colonial period to work on infrastructure to prevent flooding.
Most of these families proved their worth by making fortunes in New Spain outside of the city itself, then spending the revenues in the capital, building churches, supporting charities and building extravagant palatial homes.
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Mexico City
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Mexico City International (MEX) arrival plan
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Rental cars
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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