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The largest borough by land area is Tlalpan, which spans 314.50 km 2 (121.43 sq mi), and the smallest is Iztacalco, with 23.10 km 2 (8.92 sq mi). [ 4 ] The most recent boroughs are Benito Juárez , Cuauhtémoc , Miguel Hidalgo , and Venustiano Carranza , all established in 1970 out of the former circumscription of Mexico City.
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 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]
La Magdalena Contreras (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena konˈtɾeɾas] ⓘ) is a borough (demarcación territorial) in the Mexico City.As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 239,086 inhabitants and is the third-least populous of Mexico City's boroughs.
During the Spanish colonial era (late 15th century – early 19th century) and the first century of independent Mexico (early 19th century – early 20th century), the then town of Santa Fe had an open landscape of sand mining activity, which was divided between the towns of Santa Fe, Santa Lucia, San Mateo and San Pedro in Cuajimalpa.
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.
[2] Municipality of Tijuana, is divided into 8 boroughs that compose the entire municipality, the city of Tijuana metropolitan area comprises all 8 boroughs. [3] Municipality of Ensenada, the largest municipality in the country is divided in 24 boroughs of which the city of Ensenada comprises the two smallest (Ensenada and Chapultepec). [4]
Venustiano Carranza is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City, Mexico.Venustiano Carranza extends from the far eastern portion of the historic center of Mexico City eastward to the Peñón de los Baños and the border dividing the then Federal District from the State of Mexico.