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Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico City) or Distrito Federal(Federal District).
Mexico City is the capital of a federal republic. As such, it sits within an independent entity, not belonging to any of Mexico's states. Such entity is known as DF and has the same attributes of Washington, DC.
The official name of Mexico City is just that: Ciudad de Mexico.
On prehispanic times, it was known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
During the 19th century it was known as the City of the Palaces (La Ciudad de los Palacios).
On recent administrations, it has been known as the City of Hope (La Ciudad de la Esperanza).
Informally, Mexico City is known as De-Efe (in Spanish D-F), due to the fact that Mexico City is in a Federal District. Also, Mexico City is known as La Capital (The Capital [City]) or Chilangolandia (Chilangoland), as locals are pejoratively known as Chilangos. Mexico City was called Mexico-Tenochtitlan, by the tenochas, or ancient Mexicans, later the spanish kept the name, but droped Tenochtitlan since it was dificult to pronunce, but the City kept its rank as Imperial City, but wiht new owners, after we won our independence and we became a federal republic, Mexico City became the seat of the federal powers, so it was also named Fedeal District, which is known inside the country, it was called by Cortes, and he did make sure of that the city would be the capital of capitals, the federal capital, our nations capital, and several nicknames, like ciudad de los palacios., it was granted a city seal by his majesty king Charles I, whichit keeps to this day.
There is one such capital: Mexico City it is the political, economic and cultural capital of Mexico.
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What are the names of 2 modern cities in Mexico?
Mexico City, Monterrey.
What are the names of Canada and Mexico's national capitals?
Ottawa and Mexico City, respectively.
How can you find a compounding pharmacy in Mexico?
names and phone of compounding pharmacies in Mexico City
How was Mexico connected to Mexico City?
Mexico is ground zero, all the roads start and finish in Mexico City, so all the roads stated from Mexico City, since Mexico City is the capital of capitals, as one of its names it has always been an imperial city, so that is why all the roads lead to Mexico City.
What Mexican names start with v?
· Villahermosa is a city in Mexico
What are some of the school names that is located in Veracruz Mexico?
Below, click on the link to a list of elementary schools in Veracruz (the port), Mexico. There's also a link to the cities and towns in Veracruz State with elementary schools. Click on the city names and see the names of schools in the different towns.
What is the distance between Guadalajara Mexico and Queretaro Mexico?
they are different city
Is Mexico City in the Mexico basin?
Yes. It however, is not usually referred as such; more common names include the Valley of Mexico or the Anahuac Valley.
How is Mexico City different from Washington DC?
One is in Mexico and one is in America.
What is different between Buenos Aires Mexico City Caracas and Lima?
Buenos Aires is Argentina's capital city Mexico City is Mexico's capital city Caracas is Venezuela's capital city and Lima is Peru's capital city
Names for Oxycontin Mexico?
how to spell Oxycontin in spanish or if it is spelled different
What are the names of North America's largest city and the second largest city located?
North America's largest city is Mexico City, Mexico.North America's second largest city is New York City, New York.Mexico City in Mexico is now considered more populous than New York City in the US. Mexico City has 8.8 million residents in the city, and more than 21 million in the metropolitan area.
