Essay Archive - Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico and the second largest city in
the world. About 9 1/3 million people live in Mexico City. Mexico City area
size is 579 sq. mi. Mexico City lies 7,525 feet above sea level in the high,
oval-shaped Valley of Mexico. Mexico City has more than 350 neighborhood
districts called colonias. Like Mexican towns, many colonias have
plazas(public squares). Churches, markets, restaurants, and theaters face
the plazas. The Mexico City metropolitan area, with about 14 1/2 million
people, is the world's largest metropolitan area an....
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