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ID: 7007227
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Record Type: administrative |
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Mexico City (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 19 26 03 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 19.4342 decimal degrees |
| Long: 099 08 19 W degrees minutes |
Long: -99.1386 decimal degrees |
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Note: 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. |
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| Ciudad de México (preferred,C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Ciudad de Mexico (C,V)
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| Mexico, Ciudad de (C,V)
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| Mexico City (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Mexiko, Ciudad de (C,O)
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| México (NA,V,Spanish,U)
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| México Distrito Federal (NA,V)
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| Mexico (NA,O,English,U)
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| Tenochtitlán (H,V)
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| Tenochtitlan (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1325 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Aztec era until Spanish conquest, 1325-1521 |
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