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Mexico City

capital and largest city of Mexico
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Mexico City
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Summary

Mexico City is a federative entity of Mexico[1]. It draws 55,821 Wikipedia views per month (federative entity of mexico category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mexico[3]
  • Country: Mexico[4]
  • Head of government: Clara Brugada[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7], city[8], metropolis[9], largest city[10], megacity[11], federal capital[12], primate city[13]
  • Shares border with: State of Mexico[14], Morelos[15]
  • Founder: Antonio de Mendoza[16]
  • Named after: Tenochtitlan[17]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Álvaro Obregón[18], Azcapotzalco[19], Benito Juárez[20], Coyoacán[21], Cuajimalpa[22], Cuauhtémoc[23], Gustavo A. Madero[24], Iztacalco[25], Iztapalapa[26], La Magdalena Contreras[27], Miguel Hidalgo[28], Milpa Alta[29], Tláhuac[30], Tlalpan[31]
  • Twinned administrative body: Andorra la Vella[32], Athens[33], Arequipa[34], Beijing[35], Beirut[36], Berlin[37], Bogotá[38], Buenos Aires[39], San Juan[40], Cairo[41], Caracas[42], Chicago[43], Ciudad Juárez[44], Cusco[45]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Mexico City include Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez[46], an international airport[47], in Mexico[48], founded in 1963[49]; New Mexico City international airport[50], a proposed airport[51], in Mexico[52]; and Mexico City Policy[53], a policy[54], in Mexico[55].

Why It Matters

Mexico City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

Entities named for it include Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez[46], an international airport[47], in Mexico[48], founded in 1963[49]; New Mexico City international airport[50], a proposed airport[51], in Mexico[52]; and Mexico City Policy[53], a policy[54], in Mexico[55].

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . infodf.org.mx. infodf.org.mx. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . berlin.de. berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . aatccusco.com. aatccusco.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−06:00, Central Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Mexico_City
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Mexico_City"
  3. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q30536
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q30536, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4cXPrg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 91284
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 91284, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  6. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['mexico-city', 'mexico-city-mexico']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mexico-city, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948667|mexico city (#289948667)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  7. 21w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.cdmx.gob.mx
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/"
  8. 22w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Andorra la Vella, Athens, Arequipa +54
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Twinned administrative body: Quito"
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