Mexico City

Mexico Cy capital y Mexico. I important economic, industrial cultural centre country, populous y 8,720,916 inhabitants 2005. Greater Mexico Cy (Z Metropolitana Valle México) incorporates 58 adjacent municipalities Mexico State 1 municipality state Hidalgo, according recent definition agreed p y federal state governments. I 2006 Greater Mexico Cy population 19.2 million, making largest metropolitan western hemisphere second largest world. I 2005, ranked eighth terms GDP (PPP) among urban agglomerations world. Along Sã Paulo y B global y 8 points Latin America.

Mexico Cy Federal District (Distrito Federal Spanish, hence abbreviation D.F.). T Federal District coextensive Mexico Cy: governed y single institution constitutionally considered entity. T always . T Federal District, created 1824, integrated y several municipalities, which municipality Mexico Cy. A y began grow, engulfed other municipalities large urban . I 1928 municipalities within Federal District abolished, action vacuum legal status Mexico Cy -à- Federal District, though practical purposes y traditionally considered entity. I 1993, sterile discussions about whether concept engulfed other, y entities y existence other, 44 Article Constitution Mexico reformed clearly state Mexico Cy capital, Powers Union capital United Mexican States.

Mexico Cy located Valley Mexico, called Valley Anáhuac, large valley g plateaus centre Mexico, altitude 2,240 meters (7,349 ). I originally built y Aztecs 1325 island L Texcoco. T y almost completely destroyed siege 1521, redesigned rebuilt following years following Spanish urban standards. I 1524 municipality Mexico Cy established, known México Tenustitlán, 1585 officially known ciudad México.

Landmarks

landmarks Historic Centre include Plaza Constitución (Zócalo), central square clashing Spanish- Metropolitan Cathedral Palacio Nacional, ancient Aztec temple ruins Templo Mayor ("Major Temple") within steps another. (T Templo Mayor discovered 1978 while workers digging place underground electric cables.)

T recognizable Mexico Cy golden Angel Independence, found wide, elegant avenue Paseo Reforma, modeled y order Emperor Maximilian Mexico after Champs-Élysées Paris. T avenue designed XIX Century connect National Palace ( government) Castle Chapultepec, imperial residence. Today, avenue important financial district which Mexican Stock Market located. Another important avenue Avenida Insurgentes, which extends 28.8 (18 miles) longest single avenues world.

T Chapultepec p houses Castle Chapultepec, museum overlooks p numerous museums, monuments national National Museum Anthropology (which houses Aztec Calendar Stone). Another magnificent piece architecture F A Palace, stunning white marble theatre/museum whose weight gradually sinking ground below. I construction began during presidency Porfirio Dí ended, after being interrupted y Mexican Revolution 1920s. T Plaza Three Cultures Tlatelolco neighbourhood, shrine Basilicas O Ly Guadalupe important sites. There double decker , known "Turibus", circles these sites, timed audio describing sites multiple languages y passed.

I addition, y around 160 museums, 100 galleries, 30 concert halls, which maintain constant cultural activity during whole y. I fourth highest number theatres world after N York, London Toronto, y highest number museums world. I y locales (Palacio Nacional Instituto Nacional Cardiología, ), there murals painted y Diego Rivera. H Frida Kahlo lived southern suburb Coyoacán, where several their homes, studios, collections p public. T house where L Trotsky initially granted asylum finally murdered 1940 Coyoacán.

I addition, there several restored haciendas restaurants, S Ángel I, Hacienda Tlalpan Hacienda Morales, which stunning remnants Mexican history house world.