Talk: Mexico City
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Definition & Population
Definition of the city/conurbation: This page (citing the Programa de Ordenación de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, sounds pretty official) makes the following divisions:
- Distrito Federal (=DF, 16 boroughs)
- Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México (ZMCM) = DF + 34 municipalities (Acolman, Atenco, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Chalco, Chiutla, Chicoloapan, Chiconcuac, Chimalhuacán, Coacalco de Berriozábal, Cuautitlán, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Ecatepec, Huizquilucan, Ixtapaluca, Jaltenco, Melchor Ocampo, Naucalpan de Juárez, Nextlalplan, Nezahualcóyotl, Nicolás Romero, Papalotla, La Paz, Tecámac, Teoloyucán, Teotihuacán, Tepetlaoxtoc, Tepotzotlán, Texcoco, Tezoyuca, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Tultepec, Tultitlán, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad & Zumpango)
- Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México (ZMVM) = DF + 34 municipalities above + another 23 (Amecameca, Apaxco, Atlautla, Axapusco, Ayapango, Cocotitlán, Coyotepec, Ecatzingo, Huehuetoca, Hueypoztla, Isidro Fabela, Jilotzingo, Juchitepec, Nopaltepec, Otumba, Ozumba, San Martín de las Pirámides, Temamatla, Temascalapa, Tenango del Aire, Tepetlixpa, Tlalmanalco, Villa del Carbón, & Tizayuca (Hidalgo))
Other pages refer to a smaller "area metropolitana":
- Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México" = DF + 11 municipalities (Atizapan de Zaragoza, Chimalhuacan, Coalcalco, Cuautitlan, Ecatepec, Huixquilucan, La Paz, Naucalpan, Nezahualcoyotl, Tlanepantla, and Tultitlan)
Using 2000 census figures from here gives populations of:
- DF = 8,605,239
- DF + 11 (=AMCM) = 15,159,386
- DF + 34 (=ZMCM) = 17,809,471
- DF + 57 (=ZMVM) = 18,368,610
How reliable are the census figures?
Good question.
