Boroughs of Mexico City: Difference between revisions

[[Mexico City]] is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, alongside 31 [[states of Mexico|states]]. It was named ''Distrito Federal'' (Federal District) up to February 5, 2016, when it was officially renamed as ''Ciudad de México''.<ref name="dof">{{cite web|url=https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5424565&fecha=05/02/2016|title=General Agreement of the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary Council by which the name of the Federal District is changed to Mexico City.|language=es|publisher=Diario Oficial de la Federación|access-date=2021-03-01}}</ref> According to the 2020 Mexican [[Census]], it is the [[States of Mexico|second most populated]] entity with {{nts|9209944}} inhabitants and the [[States of Mexico|smallest by land area]] spanning {{convert|1494.3|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name="census2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/scitel/Default?ev=9|title=Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL|language=es|publisher=INEGI|access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref><ref name="Landarea">▼

{{cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/areasgeograficas/default.aspx|title=México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Ciudad de México|publisher=INEGI|language= es| access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref>▼

Mexico City is not organized into municipalities. Despite containing the word "City", it is not governed as a city but as a unit consisting of multiple subdivisions. As a result of the Political Reforms enacted in 2016, it 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.<ref name="cdmx">{{cite web|url=https://data.consejeria.cdmx.gob.mx/images/leyes/estatutos/Constitucion_Politica_de_la_Ciudad_de_Mexico_3.pdf|title=Constitution of Mexico City|language=es|publisher=Gobierno de la Ciudad de México|access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref> Mexico City is divided in 16 territorial demarcations, ''alcaldías'', headed by a mayor and replacing the old boroughs, expanding their local government powers.<ref name="cdmx" /> The demarcations are considered as third-level territorial divisions for statistical data collection and cross-country comparisons.▼

The largest demarcation by population is [[Iztapalapa]], with 1,835,486 residents, while the smallest is [[Milpa Alta]] with 152,685 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest demarcation by land area is [[Tlalpan]] which spans {{convert|314.5|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}, and the smallest is [[Iztacalco]] with {{convert|23.1|km2|sqmi|adj=ri2|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Landarea /> The most recent demarcations are [[Benito Juárez, Mexico City|Benito Juárez]], [[Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City|Cuauhtémoc]], [[Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City|Miguel Hidalgo]] and [[Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City|Venustiano Carranza]], all established in 1970 out of the former circumscription of Mexico City.<ref name=dates>{{cite book |date=1996|title=Distrito Federal División Territorial de 1810 a 1995.|url=http://internet.contenidos.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/productos/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/historicos/2104/702825222444/702825222444_5.pdf|language=es|location=Mexico|publisher=INEGI|isbn=970-13-1503-0}}</ref>▼