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] Boroughs are considered third-level subdivisions for statistical data collection and cross-country comparisons. The traditional center of Mexico City comprises four boroughs: Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza.
Mexico City is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, with the others being the 31 states. It was named Distrito Federal (Federal District) until February 5, 2016, when it was officially renamed the Ciudad de México.[2] According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the second most populated entity with 9,209,944 inhabitants and the smallest by land area, spanning 1,494.3 square kilometres (577.0 sq mi).[3][4]
Despite containing the word "city", it is not governed as a city but as a unit consisting of multiple subdivisions. As a result of the political reforms enacted in 2016, it is no longer designated as a federal district and became a city, a member entity of the Mexican federation, the seat of the Powers of the Union, and the capital of Mexico.[1] Thus, Mexico City is not organized into municipalities.
The largest borough by population is Iztapalapa, with 1,835,486 residents, while the smallest is Milpa Alta, with 152,685 residents. Iztacalco is the most densely populated subdivision in Mexico.[3] The largest borough by land area is Tlalpan, which spans 314.50 km2 (121.43 sq mi), and the smallest is Iztacalco, with 23.10 km2 (8.92 sq mi).[4]
The most recent boroughs are Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza, all established in 1970 out of the former circumscription of Mexico City.[5]
Boroughs
edit| Name | Population (2020)[3] |
Population (2010)[6] |
Change | Land area[4] | Population density (2020) |
Incorporation date[5] | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | |||||||
| Álvaro Obregón[a] | 759,137 | 727,034 | +4.4% | 95.9 | 37.0 | 7,915.9/km2 (20,502.1/sq mi) | February 15, 1826 |  Javier López Casarín
|
| Azcapotzalco | 432,205 | 414,711 | +4.2% | 33.5 | 12.9 | 12,901.6/km2 (33,415.1/sq mi) | August 6, 1826 |  Nancy Marlene Núñez Reséndiz
|
| Benito Juárez | 434,153 | 385,439 | +12.6% | 26.7 | 10.3 | 16,260.4/km2 (42,114.3/sq mi) | December 29, 1970 |  Luis Mendoza Acevedo
|
| Coyoacán | 614,447 | 620,416 | −1.0% | 53.9 | 20.8 | 11,399.8/km2 (29,525.2/sq mi) | August 6, 1824 | Giovani Gutiérrez Aguilar
|
| Cuajimalpa | 217,686 | 186,391 | +16.8% | 71.2 | 27.5 | 3,057.4/km2 (7,918.6/sq mi) | July 28, 1899 | Carlos Orvañanos Rea
|
| Cuauhtémoc | 545,884 | 531,831 | +2.6% | 32.5 | 12.5 | 16,796.4/km2 (43,502.6/sq mi) | December 29, 1970 |  Alessandra Rojo de la Vega
|
| Gustavo A. Madero[b] | 1,173,351 | 1,185,772 | −1.0% | 87.9 | 33.9 | 13,348.7/km2 (34,573.0/sq mi) | May 6, 1861 | Janecarlo Lozano Reynoso
|
| Iztacalco[c] | 404,695 | 384,326 | +5.3% | 23.1 | 8.9 | 17,519.3/km2 (45,374.7/sq mi) | March 5, 1862 | Lourdes Paz Reyes
|
| Iztapalapa | 1,835,486 | 1,815,786 | +1.1% | 113.2 | 43.7 | 16,214.5/km2 (41,995.5/sq mi) | March 5, 1862 | Aleida Alavez Ruiz
|
| La Magdalena Contreras | 247,622 | 239,086 | +3.6% | 63.4 | 24.5 | 3,905.7/km2 (10,115.7/sq mi) | December 31, 1928 | Fernando Mercado Guaida
|
| Miguel Hidalgo | 414,470 | 372,889 | +11.2% | 46.4 | 17.9 | 8,932.5/km2 (23,135.2/sq mi) | December 29, 1970 | Mauricio Tabe Echartea
|
| Milpa Alta | 152,685 | 130,582 | +16.9% | 298.2 | 115.1 | 512.0/km2 (1,326.1/sq mi) | February 15, 1826 | Octavio Rivero Villaseñor
|
| Tláhuac[d] | 392,313 | 360,265 | +8.9% | 85.9 | 33.2 | 4,567.1/km2 (11,828.7/sq mi) | February 15, 1826 | Berenice Hernández Calderón
|
| Tlalpan[e] | 699,928 | 650,567 | +7.6% | 314.5 | 121.4 | 2,225.5/km2 (5,764.1/sq mi) | April 8, 1825 | Gabriela Osorio Hernández
|
| Venustiano Carranza | 443,704 | 430,978 | +3.0% | 32.5 | 12.5 | 13,652.4/km2 (35,359.6/sq mi) | December 29, 1970 | Evelyn Parra Álvarez
|
| Xochimilco | 442,178 | 415,007 | +6.5% | 114.1 | 44.1 | 3,875.4/km2 (10,037.1/sq mi) | August 6, 1826 |  Circe Camacho Bastida
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| Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 8,851,080 | +4.1% | 1,494.3 | 577.0 | 6,163.4/km2 (15,963.1/sq mi) | — | — |
| Mexico | 126,014,024 | 112,336,538 | +12.2% | 1,960,646.7 | 757,010 | 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) | — | — |
Notes
edit- ^ Álvaro Obregón was originally incorporated as San Ángel, changing its name on December 31, 1941.[5]
- ^ Gustavo A. Madero was originally incorporated as Guadalupe Hidalgo, changing its name on December 31, 1941.[5]
- ^ Iztacalco was merged with Gustavo A. Madero (at that time known as Guadalupe Hidalgo) from 1903 to 1921.[5]
- ^ Tláhuac was merged with Xochimilco from 1903 to 1928.[5]
- ^ Tlalpan was originally incorporated as San Agustín de las Cuevas, changing its name on September 25, 1827.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "General Agreement of the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary Council by which the name of the Federal District is changed to Mexico City" (in Spanish). Diario Oficial de la Federación. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ a b c "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ a b c "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Ciudad de México" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Distrito Federal División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. ISBN 970-13-1494-8.
- ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
External links
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Media related to Municipalities in Mexico City at Wikimedia Commons- Government of Mexico City official website (Spanish)
