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Mexico City is divided into 16 boroughs, officially designated as demarcaciones territoriales or colloquially known as alcaldías [citation needed] in Spanish. Headed by a mayor, these boroughs kept the same territory and name as the former [ when? ] delegaciones while expanding their local government powers. [ 1 ]
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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.
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]
1 Chahal: 336 29 590 88.07 2 Chisec: 1 103 106 084 62.85 3 Cobán: 2 132 228 664 107.25 4 Fray Bartolomé de las Casas: 1 135 77 896 63 38 5 Santa Catalina la Tinta: 85 45 752 536.88 6 Lanquín: 208 26 551 127.65 7 Panzós: 638 81 063 127.06 8 Raxruhá: 533 40 094 75.22 9 San Cristóbal Verapaz: 192 80 613 419.86 10 San Juan Chamelco: 180 61 ...
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.
The borough is located in the northwest of the Mexico City, just west of the historic center.The borough is divided into eighty one neighborhoods called colonias.The largest of these is Bosques de las Lomas at 3.2km2, and the smallest is Popo Ampliación with only .33km2.