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Each borough is headed by a borough mayor (alcalde), which makes it colloquially known as alcaldía [citation needed]. The traditional center of Mexico City comprises four boroughs: Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza. Mexico City is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, with the others being the 31 states.
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.
Paseo de la Reforma, especially the section which divides Colonia Juárez from Colonia Cuauhtémoc, is the most modern and constantly developing part of the borough. It is home to the Mexican Stock Exchange, the headquarters of HSBC in Mexico and Mexico City's tallest skyscrapers, Torre Reforma , Chapultepec Uno , Torre BBVA México and Torre ...
The borough has nineteen major hotels, and five of the six best hotels in the city. Its major, upscale restaurants and entertainment centers are located in Polanco and Lomas de Chapultepec. Five star hotels include the Presidente Intercontinental, the Marriott and Niko, all located on Paseo de la Reforma next to Chapultepec Park. Commercial ...
Comparative map of the original extent of the system of lakes and the current extent of today's urban area See also: Water management in Greater Mexico City Greater Mexico City spreads over the valley of Mexico , also called the valley of Anáhuac, a 9,560 km 2 (3,691 sq mi) valley that lies at an average of 2,240 m (7,349 ft) above sea level.
Church in Colonia Chimalistac Vasco de Quiroga Av. in Álvaro Obregón, with the former icon of the delegación. The municipality of Álvaro Obregón is located in the west of Mexico City, and has a land surface of 96.17 km 2, with an elongated shape from northeast to southwest. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo museum studio.
Benito Juárez (pronounced [beˈnito ˈxwaɾes] ⓘ), is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City.It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use.
In 1874, Rafael Martinez de la Torre obtained permission to establish a colonia on what were the lands of the Hacienda de la Teja, located west of what was then the city. The lands were located on both sides of the Paseo de la Reforma. The lands on the opposite side of the Paseo are now Colonia Juárez. The original name of the colonia was De ...