Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, 🇲🇽
Urban Population: 9.2 million
Metro Population: 21.8 million
Population Density: 6,163 / square km | 15,963 / square mile
Mexico City, Mexico is the seventh largest city in the world and the most populous in North America. Built on the site of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlán, it has grown into a sprawling metropolis, shaped by the surrounding mountains and the dry lakebed of Lake Texcoco. The metropolitan area of the city covers approximately 7,866 square kilometers (3,038 square miles), making it larger than the entire island of Puerto Rico.
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