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Mexico City topographic map
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, locally [sjuˈða(ð) ðe ˈmexiko] (listen); abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: Altepetl Mexico) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 ft). The city has 16 boroughs or demarcaciones territoriales, which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or colonias.
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Name: Mexico City topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Mexico City, Mexico (19.04872 -99.36492 19.59276 -98.94030)
Average elevation: 2,619 m
Minimum elevation: 2,223 m
Maximum elevation: 3,915 m
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