Greater Mexico City
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Greater Mexico City is the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (Spanish: Zona metropolitana del Valle de México).[2] It encompasses Mexico City itself and 60 adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico and Hidalgo.
Mexico City's metropolitan area is the economic, political, and cultural hub of Mexico. In recent years it has reduced its relative importance in domestic manufacturing, but has kept its dominant role in the country’s economy thanks to an expansion of its tertiary activities.[3] The area is also one of the powerhouse regions of Latin America, generating approximately $200 billion in GDP growth or 10 percent of the regional total.[4]
As of 2020[update], 21,804,515 people lived in Greater Mexico City,[5] making it the largest metropolitan area in North America. Covering an area of 7,866.1 square kilometres (3,037.1 sq mi), it is surrounded by thin strips of highlands separating it from other adjacent metropolitan areas, together with which it makes up the Mexico City megalopolis.
Definition
The phenomenon of conurbation in Mexico is relatively recent, starting in the 1940s. Mexico City became the first metropolitan area in the country when its urban core spread beyond the borders of the Federal District into the municipality of Naucalpan in the State of Mexico.[6] From that date, there have been different proposals to establish the limits of the growing conurbation of Mexico City, and different definitions were used unofficially as the city continued to grow: between 1950 and 1980, the conurbation extended to dozens of municipalities in the State of Mexico and the population trebled.[7]
The first official definition of Greater Mexico City was coined in 2004. A joint effort between the National Population Council (CONAPO), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) named the 16 boroughs of Mexico City and 59 municipalities in the State of Mexico and Hidalgo as the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico.[8] This definition was also agreed by the government of Mexico City and the government of the State of Mexico on December 22, 2005.[9] As per the agreement, most urban planning projects were to be administered by Metropolitan Commissions.
As a result of the Political Reforms enacted in 2016, Mexico City is no longer designated as a Federal District and became a city, a member entity of the Mexican federation, seat of the Powers of the Union and the capital of Mexico.[10] Mexico City is divided in 16 boroughs, officially called demarcaciones territoriales, substituting the old delegaciones.
Subdivisions
According to the latest definition by the National Population Council (CONAPO) in 2018, the Metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico is formed by the following subdivisions:[2]
Mexico City
Borough | Population (2020)[5] |
Population (2010)[11] |
Change | Land area[12] | Population density (2020) | |
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km2 | sq mi | |||||
Álvaro Obregón | 759,137 | 727,034 | +4.4% | 95.9 | 37.0 | 7,915.9/km2 (20,502.1/sq mi) |
Azcapotzalco | 432,205 | 414,711 | +4.2% | 33.5 | 12.9 | 12,901.6/km2 (33,415.1/sq mi) |
Benito Juárez | 434,153 | 385,439 | +12.6% | 26.7 | 10.3 | 16,260.4/km2 (42,114.3/sq mi) |
Coyoacán | 614,447 | 620,416 | −1.0% | 53.9 | 20.8 | 11,399.8/km2 (29,525.2/sq mi) |
Cuajimalpa | 217,686 | 186,391 | +16.8% | 71.2 | 27.5 | 3,057.4/km2 (7,918.6/sq mi) |
Cuauhtémoc | 545,884 | 531,831 | +2.6% | 32.5 | 12.5 | 16,796.4/km2 (43,502.6/sq mi) |
Gustavo A. Madero | 1,173,351 | 1,185,772 | −1.0% | 87.9 | 33.9 | 13,348.7/km2 (34,573.0/sq mi) |
Iztacalco | 404,695 | 384,326 | +5.3% | 23.1 | 8.9 | 17,519.3/km2 (45,374.7/sq mi) |
Iztapalapa | 1,835,486 | 1,815,786 | +1.1% | 113.2 | 43.7 | 16,214.5/km2 (41,995.5/sq mi) |
La Magdalena Contreras | 247,622 | 239,086 | +3.6% | 63.4 | 24.5 | 3,905.7/km2 (10,115.7/sq mi) |
Miguel Hidalgo | 414,470 | 372,889 | +11.2% | 46.4 | 17.9 | 8,932.5/km2 (23,135.2/sq mi) |
Milpa Alta | 152,685 | 130,582 | +16.9% | 298.2 | 115.1 | 512.0/km2 (1,326.1/sq mi) |
Tláhuac | 392,313 | 360,265 | +8.9% | 85.9 | 33.2 | 4,567.1/km2 (11,828.7/sq mi) |
Tlalpan | 699,928 | 650,567 | +7.6% | 314.5 | 121.4 | 2,225.5/km2 (5,764.1/sq mi) |
Venustiano Carranza | 443,704 | 430,978 | +3.0% | 32.5 | 12.5 | 13,652.4/km2 (35,359.6/sq mi) |
Xochimilco | 442,178 | 415,007 | +6.5% | 114.1 | 44.1 | 3,875.4/km2 (10,037.1/sq mi) |
Mexico City | 9,209,944 | 8,851,080 | +4.1% | 1,494.3 | 577.0 | 6,163.4/km2 (15,963.1/sq mi) |
Hidalgo
Municipality | Population (2020) |
Population (2010) |
Change | Land area | Population density (2020) | |
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km2 | sq mi | |||||
Tizayuca | 168,302 | 97,461 | +72.7% | 76.7 | 29.61 | 2,194.3/km2 (5,683.2/sq mi) |
Hidalgo | 168,302 | 97,461 | +72.7% | 76.7 | 29.6 | 2,194.3/km2 (5,683.2/sq mi) |
State of Mexico
Municipality | Population (2020) |
Population (2010) |
Change | Land area | Population density (2020) | |
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km2 | sq mi | |||||
Acolman | 171,507 | 136,558 | +25.6% | 86.9 | 33.6 | 1,973.6/km2 (5,111.6/sq mi) |
Amecameca | 53,441 | 48,421 | +10.4% | 176.4 | 68.1 | 303.0/km2 (784.6/sq mi) |
Apaxco | 31,898 | 27,521 | +15.9% | 75.7 | 29.2 | 421.4/km2 (1,091.4/sq mi) |
Atenco
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75,489 | 56,243 | +34.2% | 87.6 | 33.8 | 861.7/km2 (2,231.9/sq mi) |
Atizapán de Zaragoza | 523,674 | 489,937 | +6.9% | 92.9 | 35.9 | 5,637.0/km2 (14,599.7/sq mi) |
Atlautla | 31,900 | 27,663 | +15.3% | 167.7 | 64.7 | 190.2/km2 (492.7/sq mi) |
Axapusco | 29,128 | 25,559 | +14.0% | 286.5 | 110.6 | 101.7/km2 (263.3/sq mi) |
Ayapango | 10,053 | 8,864 | +13.4% | 50.7 | 19.6 | 198.3/km2 (513.6/sq mi) |
Chalco | 400,057 | 310,130 | +29.0% | 225.2 | 87.0 | 1,776.5/km2 (4,601.0/sq mi) |
Chiautla
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30,045 | 26,191 | +14.7% | 20.1 | 7.8 | 1,494.8/km2 (3,871.5/sq mi) |
Chicoloapan | 200,750 | 175,053 | +14.7% | 41.3 | 15.9 | 4,860.8/km2 (12,589.3/sq mi) |
Chiconcuac | 27,692 | 22,819 | +21.4% | 6.8 | 2.6 | 4,072.4/km2 (10,547.3/sq mi) |
Chimalhuacán | 705,193 | 614,453 | +14.8% | 54.8 | 21.2 | 12,868.5/km2 (33,329.2/sq mi) |
Coacalco | 293,444 | 278,064 | +5.5% | 35.0 | 13.5 | 8,384.1/km2 (21,714.8/sq mi) |
Cocotitlán | 15,107 | 12,142 | +24.4% | 14.8 | 5.7 | 1,020.7/km2 (2,643.7/sq mi) |
Coyotepec | 40,885 | 39,030 | +4.8% | 39.9 | 15.4 | 1,024.7/km2 (2,653.9/sq mi) |
Cuautitlán | 178,847 | 140,059 | +27.7% | 40.9 | 15.8 | 4,372.8/km2 (11,325.5/sq mi) |
Cuautitlán Izcalli | 555,163 | 511,675 | +8.5% | 110.1 | 42.5 | 5,042.4/km2 (13,059.6/sq mi) |
Ecatepec | 1,645,352 | 1,656,107 | −0.6% | 156.2 | 60.3 | 10,533.6/km2 (27,282.0/sq mi) |
Ecatzingo | 10,827 | 9,369 | +15.6% | 53.2 | 20.5 | 203.5/km2 (527.1/sq mi) |
Huehuetoca | 163,244 | 100,023 | +63.2% | 119.8 | 46.3 | 1,362.6/km2 (3,529.2/sq mi) |
Hueypoxtla | 46,757 | 39,864 | +17.3% | 234.5 | 90.5 | 199.4/km2 (516.4/sq mi) |
Huixquilucan
|
284,965 | 242,167 | +17.7% | 141.2 | 54.5 | 1,715.1/km2 (4,442.0/sq mi) |
Isidro Fabela | 11,929 | 10,308 | +15.7% | 79.7 | 30.8 | 149.7/km2 (387.7/sq mi) |
Ixtapaluca | 542,211 | 467,361 | +16.0% | 324.0 | 125.1 | 1,673.5/km2 (4,334.3/sq mi) |
Jaltenco | 28,217 | 26,328 | +7.2% | 4.7 | 1.8 | 6,003.6/km2 (15,549.3/sq mi) |
Jilotzingo | 19,877 | 17,970 | +10.6% | 116.5 | 45.0 | 170.6/km2 (441.9/sq mi) |
Juchitepec | 27,116 | 23,497 | +15.4% | 132.5 | 51.2 | 204.6/km2 (530.0/sq mi) |
La Paz | 304,088 | 253,845 | +19.8% | 37.1 | 14.3 | 8,196.4/km2 (21,228.7/sq mi) |
Melchor Ocampo | 61,220 | 50,240 | +21.9% | 14.0 | 5.4 | 4,372.9/km2 (11,325.6/sq mi) |
Naucalpan | 834,434 | 833,779 | +0.1% | 157.9 | 61.0 | 5,284.6/km2 (13,687.0/sq mi) |
Nextlalpan | 57,082 | 34,374 | +66.1% | 54.7 | 21.1 | 1,043.5/km2 (2,702.8/sq mi) |
Nezahualcóyotl | 1,077,208 | 1,110,565 | −3.0% | 63.3 | 24.4 | 17,017.5/km2 (44,075.1/sq mi) |
Nicolás Romero | 430,601 | 366,602 | +17.5% | 232.5 | 89.8 | 1,852.0/km2 (4,796.8/sq mi) |
Nopaltepec | 10,351 | 8,895 | +16.4% | 82.6 | 31.9 | 125.3/km2 (324.6/sq mi) |
Otumba | 36,331 | 34,232 | +6.1% | 141.9 | 54.8 | 256.0/km2 (663.1/sq mi) |
Ozumba | 30,785 | 27,207 | +13.2% | 47.4 | 18.3 | 649.5/km2 (1,682.1/sq mi) |
Papalotla | 4,862 | 4,147 | +17.2% | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1,519.4/km2 (3,935.2/sq mi) |
San Martín de las Pirámides | 29,182 | 24,851 | +17.4% | 69.9 | 27.0 | 417.5/km2 (1,081.3/sq mi) |
Tecámac | 547,503 | 364,579 | +50.2% | 156.9 | 60.6 | 3,489.5/km2 (9,037.8/sq mi) |
Temamatla | 14,130 | 11,206 | +26.1% | 29.2 | 11.3 | 483.9/km2 (1,253.3/sq mi) |
Temascalapa | 43,593 | 35,987 | +21.1% | 164.6 | 63.6 | 264.8/km2 (685.9/sq mi) |
Tenango del Aire | 11,359 | 10,578 | +7.4% | 38.0 | 14.7 | 298.9/km2 (774.2/sq mi) |
Teoloyucan | 65,459 | 63,115 | +3.7% | 31.0 | 12.0 | 2,111.6/km2 (5,469.0/sq mi) |
Teotihuacán | 58,507 | 53,010 | +10.4% | 83.2 | 32.1 | 703.2/km2 (1,821.3/sq mi) |
Tepetlaoxtoc | 32,564 | 27,944 | +16.5% | 178.9 | 69.1 | 182.0/km2 (471.4/sq mi) |
Tepetlixpa | 20,500 | 18,327 | +11.9% | 43.1 | 16.6 | 475.6/km2 (1,231.9/sq mi) |
Tepotzotlán | 103,696 | 88,559 | +17.1% | 207.1 | 80.0 | 500.7/km2 (1,296.8/sq mi) |
Tequixquiac | 39,489 | 33,907 | +16.5% | 122.5 | 47.3 | 322.4/km2 (834.9/sq mi) |
Texcoco | 277,562 | 235,151 | +18.0% | 428.1 | 165.3 | 648.4/km2 (1,679.2/sq mi) |
Tezoyuca | 47,044 | 35,199 | +33.7% | 16.3 | 6.3 | 2,886.1/km2 (7,475.1/sq mi) |
Tlalmanalco | 49,196 | 46,130 | +6.6% | 160.2 | 61.9 | 307.1/km2 (795.4/sq mi) |
Tlalnepantla de Baz | 672,202 | 664,225 | +1.2% | 80.4 | 31.0 | 8,360.7/km2 (21,654.2/sq mi) |
Tonanitla | 14,883 | 10,216 | +45.7% | 9.0 | 3.5 | 1,653.7/km2 (4,283.0/sq mi) |
Tultepec | 157,645 | 91,808 | +71.7% | 26.8 | 10.3 | 5,882.3/km2 (15,235.0/sq mi) |
Tultitlán | 516,341 | 524,074 | −1.5% | 66.0 | 25.5 | 7,823.3/km2 (20,262.4/sq mi) |
Valle de Chalco | 391,731 | 357,645 | +9.5% | 46.7 | 18.0 | 8,388.2/km2 (21,725.5/sq mi) |
Villa del Carbón | 51,498 | 44,881 | +14.7% | 303.3 | 117.1 | 169.8/km2 (439.8/sq mi) |
Zumpango | 280,455 | 159,647 | +75.7% | 223.6 | 86.3 | 1,254.3/km2 (3,248.5/sq mi) |
State of Mexico | 12,426,269 | 11,168,301 | +11.3% | 6,925.0 | 2,673.8 | 1,974.0/km2 (5,112.6/sq mi) |
Geography and environment
Greater Mexico City spreads over the
The valley of Mexico is surrounded by mountains on all four sides creating a basin with only one small opening at the north, trapping all exhaust emissions of the city. At the southern part of the basin the mountain range reaches an altitude of 3,952 m (12,965 ft) above sea level; and to the east, the volcanoes reach an altitude of more than 5,000 m (16,000 ft). The region receives anti-cyclonic systems, producing weak winds that do not allow for the dispersion of accumulated air pollutants, produced by the 50,000 industries operating in Greater Mexico City and the 4 million vehicles circulating in its roads and highways.[13]
There are several environmental programs in operation in all municipalities of Greater Mexico City. One of them is Hoy No Circula (known in English as "One Day without a Car"), whereby some vehicles with certain ending numbers on their license plates are not allowed to circulate on certain days in an attempt to cut down on pollution and traffic congestion. The program groups vehicles by their ending license plate digits and every weekday vehicles having any of the day's two Hoy no circula digits are banned from circulating. For instance, on Fridays, vehicles with plates ending in 9 or 0 may not drive. This program is controversial since it has resulted in households buying additional vehicles: new cars for higher-income families, or very old and cheap —and thus more polluting— vehicles. Moreover, newer vehicles are exempt from complying with the program—in that they are manufactured with stricter pollution-reduction equipment—a move said to have been pushed by automakers to boost sales of new vehicles.[14]
Other environmental programs include the
Political administration
Like it is the case with all trans-municipal
Economy
From 1940 and until 1980, Greater Mexico City experienced an intense rate of demographic growth concurrent with the economic policy of
Demographics
Greater Mexico City is the
Greater Mexico City was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the country until the late 1980s. Since then, and through a policy of decentralization in order to reduce the environmental pollutants of the growing conurbation, the annual rate of growth of the agglomeration has decreased, and it is among the lowest of all metropolitan areas in Mexico. The net migration rate of Mexico City proper from 1995 to 2000, however, was negative,[18] which implies that residents are moving to the outer suburbs of the metropolitan area, or to other states of Mexico. In addition, some inner-city suburbs in Mexico City are losing population to outer city suburbs, indicating a continual expansion of Greater Mexico City.
Human development index
The Mexico City boroughs are among the subdivisions with the highest human development in Mexico. Benito Juárez has the highest index (0.944), similar to Australia or Netherlands, while 4 other boroughs are in the national Top 10.[19]
Most metropolitan municipalities in the State of Mexico have a high human development index.
Municipalities to the east of Mexico City, such as Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Valle de Chalco or Chimalhuacán have lower indexes than those located to the west, but also present high HDI values. The bottom municipalities in terms of HDI are Ecatzingo and Villa del Carbón. However, they are located far away from Mexico City's urban area and are considered eminently rural.[19]
Tizayuca has one of the highest HDIs in Hidalgo, although the index is below Greater Mexico City's average.[19]
Transport
Landmarks
Important landmarks of Greater Mexico City include the Historic Center of Mexico City, the floating gardens of
See also
- Mexico City megalopolis
- Metropolitan areas of Mexico
- List of metropolitan areas by population
- List of metropolitan areas in the Americas by population
- List of urban agglomerations by population
- List of cities in Mexico
- Demographics of Mexico
- Greater Mexico
References
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- ^ a b "Delimitation of Mexico's Metropolitan Areas 2015" (in Spanish). CONAPO. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ "State of Latin America and Caribbean Cities 2012". UN Habitat. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities" (PDF). McKinsey Global Institute. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ISBN 9789686403206. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ Luis Unikel. "El desarrollo urbano de México: diagnóstico e implicaciones futuras" (in Spanish). El Colegio de México. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Delimitation of the Metropolitan Areas in Mexico" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONAPO. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Metropolitan area to be determined by Federal Government and local governments of the Federal District and the State of Mexico" (in Spanish). El Universal.
- ^ "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Distrito Federal, SMA (2002) Programa para Mejorar la Calidad del Aire de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, Gobierno del Distrito Federal Archived 2007-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Experts believe Hoy No Circula only promotes buying new vehicles" (in Spanish). El Financiero. June 23, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ "Environmental Contingencies in Mexico City: Unusual causes behind air pollution" (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. May 15, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c Expansión y Reconversión Económica de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, Una Mirada de 1970 a 2000 by Rodolfo Montaño Salazar, UNAM
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- ^ a b c d "Report on Municipal Human Development 2010-2015" (in Spanish). UNDP Mexico. March 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
External links
- Escenarios Demográficos y Urbanos de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, published by the Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO).