La Ciudad de Mexico Photo 1

La Ciudad de Mexico

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July 20th 2009
Mexico City in 20 words or less: An incredibly large, absurdly dense, booming metropolis of unbelievable proportion with a history dating back to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. La Ciudad de Mexico was built upon the former Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan (Teh-noh-cheet-lahn'). Tenochtitlan was originally composed of man-made islands in the middle of a lake. See [url=http://www.mexicomaxico.org ... read more

North America » Mexico » Distrito Federal » Mexico City

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more