Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, D.F., Distrito Federal, or México) is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008. Greater Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) incorporates 59 adjacent municipalities of Mexico State and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo, according to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments. Greater Mexico City has a population exceeding 22 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world by population. In 2005, it ranked the eighth in terms of GDP (PPP) among urban agglomerations in the world. Aside from São Paulo it is the only Beta global city with 8 points in Latin America. According to a study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Greater Mexico City (with a population of 19.2 million) had a GDP of $315 billion in 2005 (at purchasing power parity), ranking as the eighth-richest urban agglomeration in the world after the greater areas of Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, London and Osaka/Kobe, and the richest in Latin America; in 2020 it is expected to rank seventh with a $608 billion GDP, displacing Osaka/Kobe. (via Wikipedia)

About Mexico City

Leader: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Time Zone: Central Standard Time

Elevation (ft): 7349

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Metro population: 22,000,000

Total Area (sq. mi): 573.36

Local Name: Ciudad de México

Elevation (m): 2240

Type: Cultural

As of: 2008

Government type: Republic

Latitude: N

Name: Mexico City

Longitude: W

Latitude (Minutes): 25

Longitude (Minutes): 7

Total Population: 8,836,045

Also Known As: Ciudad de los Palacios (City of Palaces) (given by Charles Joseph Latrobe), Ciudad de la Esperanza (City of Hope) (given by the politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador)

Website: http://www.df.gob.mx

Longitude (Degrees): 99