Location
Mexico City is privileged since it's very FEW Offers What other cities can: it's in the middle of Everything That Interests You, whether it's culture, nature, tourism, education, entertainment, healthcare and Religious centers, or night life.
Located in the nation's center (99 º 09 'W longitude, 19 º 24''N latitude, GMT -6), the city is Surrounded by mountains That rise from the Remains of ancient lakebeds and has an average elevation of 2300 m above sea level.
Mexico State borders to the north, east and west, the state of Morelos borders to the south. By Being Located in the very Geographic and historic center of Mexico, ITS capital is connected by land to national Every destination.
Geography
What Was Situated in one of eleven pre-Hispanic Mexico's main lake districts, the city Grew Formed Within the valley by the surrounding mountains, Which Are Among the southwestern range distinguished with ITS volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Iztlaccíhuatl. Years later, from colonial days until the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, the City Was criss-crossed with navigable canals, principally headed to southern STI reached. Some of Them Are But still exist paved over and now serve as important thoroughfare s, such as the Viaduct River of Mercy, the Calzada de la Viga River and the Rio Churubusco Consulate and Highways.
History
The age of the City is paradoxical if the reference is Tenochtitlan's foundation, in the middle of the 14th century, Being that way it turns out to Be a young city in comparison with the Europeans, it is Not yet 700 years. And if we Refer to STI historical nature, as a built-up of Numerous Cities - State, Then It Has More Than Two Thousand Years, Because The First One Was born about the year 200 BC, in Cuicuilco, today buried to an Archaeological Zone the south of the metropolis.
Of the Pre-Hispanic Cities only vestiges remain. Died Tenochtitlan and the one Hispanic Was Born Since 1522. In the Historic Center and in Some ancient Neighborhoods, as San Angel and Coyoacan, There Are Numerous colonial buildings, Mainly of the 17th century.
The Pre-Hispanic capital
The foundation of the City about 1325, Has Its origin in the legend of the Eagle and the Serpent, (current national shield), According To the prediction of the mexican priest Tenoch Had historical people to settle in the Place That Indicates an augury Them , Turned Into Huitzilopochitli eagle, Woulda descend from the sky to settle on the Great Tree of the World (prickly pear), where, He Would Fight Against Being of the land to Whom I Would devour.
Düring 200 years of the pre-Hispanic Period of the City, the Aztecs managed to control the whole central region of the country and to extend Their Almost all trade with Middle America.
1519 Towards Such Was the size and power of Tenochtitlan, That When It Was Conquered in 1521 by Hernán Cortés, I HAD to attack with 500 Spanish and more than 100 Thousand Warriors Indigenous people from the tributary of the Aztec empire, allied with the Europeans Who When They supposed That Way They Would Be Free, When They Were Actually resigning Affecting Their destination and in the collapse of the Pre-Hispanic Mexico by That WAS Then only lodging in the Great Tenochtitlan More Than 250 tho Inhabitants use, comparable only with Barcelona, by That Which Was the Biggest Moment European city.
The Colonial Capital
After the conquest, the Former domain of Coyoacán, allied of Cortés, Turned Into the first city council of New Spain.The friars Demolished buildings and temples, the Indigenous Population Expelled WAS Towards the periphery. The Major Temple, WAS The Most lasting construction due to the extreme Difficulty of STI demolition. It is Said That That Such continuance determine the name of the City Was Mexico, sincere When the natives Towards the mild form Indicating They said "Meshico" Because it w Precisely as the place of Mexi, Their tutelary god.
In 1522 Cortés ordered the appearance of the new City, with a cut Reticulated Renaissance, Where It Was The Beginning to a fight of styles Between the Spanish Gothic and a new renaissance Which Promoting the opening of windows and a plentiful decoration of STI walls.
Climate
Mexico City weather is divided in two seasons, dry season , from November to April, and the rainy season from May to October. Spring months are warm, while the summer months can vary from light to heavy rains especially in the late afternoon. Dawn in the Fall and winter get really cold, but with an amazingly clear sky. Temperatures range from 0°C in late October, November, December and January mornings, to 32°C in March, April and May during mid-day highs.
Language
Spanish is the official language of Mexico and it is the main language for Almost all the city's Inhabitants.
Yet Given Mexico City's metropolitan character, dating from pre-Hispanic origins ITS, Other Indigenous languages Such as Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec or, and Foreign Languages-Mostly Inglés, Chinese, Korean, French and German-can Be Heard With Some Regularity.
-Secretaría de Turismo Ciudad de México
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