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Boroughs (Spanish: demarcaciones territoriales) are the subdivisions of Mexico City, the capital city and a federative entity of Mexico.Currently there are 16 boroughs in Mexico City and keep the same territory and name as the former [when?] delegaciones while expanding their local government powers. [1]
Calle de República de Guatemala is a street located in the historic center of Mexico City. [1] It is named after the country of Guatemala, a name it received in 1921. [2] Museo Archivo de la Fotografía is located in this street. [3] [4]
The historic center of Mexico City (Spanish: Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. [2]
San Ángel. In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as colonias.One theory suggests that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was built by a French immigrant colony.
The image for the La Candelaria neighborhood is an image of the Virgin Mary called the Virgen de la Candelaria. The feast day for this image occurs on 2 February in the Pueblo de la Candelaria. This event is organized by a mayordomo who is chosen each year and last for ten days. It includes religious activities such as a novena and a special Mass.
Cuauhtémoc (Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok] ⓘ), named after the 16th-century Aztec ruler Cuauhtémoc, is a borough (demarcación territorial) of Mexico City.It contains the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire urban core of Mexico City in the 1920s.
Calle de República de Argentina is a street located in the historic center of Mexico City. [1] It is named after the country of Argentina, a name it received in 1921. [2]It runs from south to north from the archaeological zone of Templo Mayor, Plaza Manuel Gamio and Calle de República de Guatemala to Eje 1 Norte, where it takes the name of Jesús Carranza to the north.
A vendor selling unlicensed CDs in Tepito.. There is a saying, "en Tepito todo se vende menos la dignidad" ("in Tepito everything is for sale, except dignity").It has a well-known street market or tianguis, which occupies 25 streets as well as three other markets, one for foodstuffs, one for shoes and one for secondhand items, with most residents here making a living as merchants [5] with ...