Ciudad de México
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- Names
Ciudad de México
Ciudad de Mexico
Mexico City
Mexiko, Ciudad de
México
México Distrito Federal
Mexico
Tenochtitlán
Tenochtitlan
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Captured by Cortéz 1521; seat of viceroyalty of New Spain 1521-1821; taken by Mexican revolutionists 1821; captured by Gen. Scott in Mexican War 1847; held by French 1863-1867; has many churches, monasteries and museums; produces chemicals and steel.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1988); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
- Born
Ángel Bracho (Mexican, 1911-2005)
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