From the iconic Centro Historico to the fashionable Roma and Condesa, here are the essential Mexico City neighborhoods every visitor should know.
Population, 52.6 million (1972, estimate). The capital is Mexico City. Administratively, Mexico is divided into 29 states, a federal district, and two territories (see Table 1). Table 1. Administrative divisions of Mexico Area (sq km)Population (1970)A dministrative center Federal District ...
In the USA, fewer than 40 people now die each year from lightning, compared to about 400 in the 1930s, when the population was smaller. For this reason, the study also concluded that the large number of deaths in Mexico is partly due to “the government’s failure to implement education...
Interestingly, while it will apparently take Chihuahua 200 years to reach the HDI level of Mexico City, it will take Chiapas only 20 years to reach the same point.The main conclusion that can be drawn is that the overall quality of life continues to improve in Mexico though not at equal ...
based upon archival resources at the Archivo Hist贸rico del Distrito Federal (AHDF) and the Archivo General de la Naci贸n (AGN) in Mexico City, this thesis is a social and cultural history of the criminalization and punishment of homosexuality during the 1920s and 1930s in Mexico City. Th...
It leads all the way to the 126-foot-high Pirámide de la Luna (Pyramid of the Moon), which dominates the northern end of the city. Atop this structure, you can scan the entire ancient city. Some of the most exciting recent discoveries, including a royal tomb, have been unearthed here...
obvious, as the popularity of urbanisation grew too fast for that of the city. Mexico City is based over a large valley in the high plateaus right in the centre of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres, and spanning over 1,485 klm2. In 2010, the population of Mexico was 8.8 ...
In this chapter we use census microdata to examine trends in cohabitation in Mexico between 1930 and 2010. The microdata reveal a dramatic increase in cohabitation since the 1990s. By being able to go further back in time than in the other countries exam
Though the relief is very rugged, this area has supported relatively high population densities for hundreds of years, including the current large metropolitan areas of Mexico City, Guadalajara and Puebla. Legacies of previous volcanic activity are found in craters, mud‑volcanoes, geothermal activity...
Prior to the building of the International Avenue, which created a clear separation between Mexico and the USA, there had been some interesting consequences of having a bi-national city straddling the international border. For example, after Arizona introduced prohibition, outlawing the production and...