The document provides an overview of Mexico City, also known as the City of Palaces. It discusses the city's location in central Mexico, population of over 20 million people, and predominantly Catholic religion. Key attractions highlighted include the Basilica of Guadalupe, Xochimilco canals, UNAM University, Chapultepec Forest, and Historic Center. The document also covers Mexico City's climate, celebrations like Dia de los Muertos, and famous restaurants for sampling Mexican cuisine.

1. MEXICO DF
THE CITY OF PALACES

2. INDEX
 Introduction
 Where is it?
 Population
 Religion
 Useful information
 Relive and climate
 Airport
 Radial and Unique destination
 Celebrations and Customs
 From North to South
 Best restaurants
 Conclusion
 Bibliography

3. INTRODUCTION
 Mexico D.F. is full of habitants and the people who live
there are chilangos.
 This word “chilango” came from náhuatl which is an
ancient culture in Mexico: ixachilanca.
 Ixachilanca means people with red skin.
 It was built on Tenochtitlan, the old azteca capital, in
1325 by the Mexicas who named Mexico-Tenochtitlan.
 It is called “The city of Palaces” and is the most ancient
capital in whole America.

4. WHERE IS IT?
 Mexico DF is the capital of the nation of
Mexico
 The country of Mexico is in Northamerica
 To the north is USA and to the south is
Guatemala and Belice.
 Between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean
sea.

5. WHERE IS IT?
 Mexico DF is surrounded by the cities of
Queretaro, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Morelos and
Guerrero.

6. WHERE IS IT?

7. WHERE IS IT?

8. WHERE IS IT?
 Mexico DF is divided in 16 delegations, being
Mexico City the most important.

9. POPULATION AND LANGUAGE
 The population in Mexico City is 8.8
million of people.
 In whole Mexico State or City of Mexico
Metropolitan Zone there are near 20
million of people in 1479km2.
 It is one of the most populated cities in
the world like New York and Tokyo
 The principal language is Spanish with
a special intonation very recognizable.
 The second language is English
 There are indigenous languages like
nahualt, otomí, mixteco and
zapoteco, specially in the countryside

10. RELIGION
 The most of the population is catolic.
 Mexico is the second city with most
catolic population in the world.
 Other religions: Protestant evangelical,
Jehovah’s witness, among others.
 They have devotion to Virgen de
Guadalupe.
 The history of Virgen de Guadalupe date
from 1531 when she appears to San
Juan Diego and tell him that goes to see
the bishop of Mexico for showing his
ayate which had the image of a virgen
with mixed race features and some roses
 Virgen de Guadalupe day: from 9th to
12th Decembre.

11. RELIGION
 The Virgen de Guadalupe was named the
Independence symbol in 1810.
 When Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest
and military novohispanico, entered to a
church and started to pray, after that went
out and started:“El Grito de dolores”,
which marked the beginning of mexican
independence.
 He put this Virgin in his independence
flag and, on 15th of september to 11pm,
cried this sentence: ¡Viva la
Independencia! ¡Viva la Virgen de
Guadalupe! ¡Muera el mal gobierno!
¡Viva Fernando VII !

12. USEFUL INFORMATION
 The currency: Mexican Peso
 In some places you can pay
in dolars
 Time Zone difference is 7
hours less than Spain.

13. USEFUL INFORMATION
 The Spanish embassy is in Galileo, 114
(esq. Horacio) Colonia Polanco.-11550
México, D.F.
 Teléf.: (52.55.5) 282 29 74, 282 22 71,
282 24 59, 282 27 63 y 282 29
82.Fax:282 13 02 y 282 15 20.
 Email:embespmx@correo.mae.es

14. USEFUL INFORMATION
 Public transport: by subway is
the most easily and cheaper
way for visiting the city.
 By bus is a little bit dangerous,
normally the mexican people
call them “pecero”.
 By taxi is a confortable way to
visit the city and outskirts of
Mexico DF. The tourists can
rent one to use during all them
holidays.

15. RELIVE AND CLIMATE
The city of Mexico have a height from 2240m on
sea level to 2930m in sierra de Guadalupe and have
a horseshoe form.
Mexico DF is surronding by volcanics mountains
and in the middle is a big lake where the city was
built.
Climate: It has 4 kinds of climate:
1) Semi-sec mild. Temperature from12ºC to18ºC.
2 Mild subhumid with summer rains. Temperature
from12ºC to19ºC.
3) Semi-cold subhumid with summer rains.
Temperature from 5ºC to 12ºC.
4) Semi-cold humid with abundant summer rains.
Temperature from 5ºC to12ºC.

16. AIRPORT
 Just like Buenos Aires, Mexico DF
only have one airport called Benito Juárez

17. CELEBRATIONS AND CUSTOMS
 The Dead day or halloween is every 1st and 2nd
day of Novembre.
 Dia de los murtos in Mexico city is a special
celebration where people remember and honor
them family and friends deceased making altars
with flowers and brightly elements colored, and
offering at own homes, cooking the favourite
food of them deceased and doing activities that
they do before to dead.
 People go to the cemetary and spend them time
talking stories about family o friends deceased.
 In the markets you can buy sugar or chocolat
skulls, pan de muerto
 It is a very important celebration in Mexico
where people have a fantastic way to see the
dead.

18. CELEBRATIONS AND CUSTOMS
 Mexican Independence day is on 15th
Septembre. Many mexicans go to the
Zocalo and celebrate joyfully this day
with fireworks display and typical food
stalls, meanwhile take place a big dinner
in the Palacio Nacional.
 Mexican Revolution day takes place on
20th Novembre in 1910 when the
Revolution fathers, Emiliano
Zapata, Pancho Villa and Carranza
among others, fighted for seeing Mexico
free and without social differents. There
is many corridos inspired by this
revolution.

19. CELEBRATIONS AND CUSTOMS
 Cockfight
 Bullfight,being La monumental the
biggest bullring in the world where as
well as bullfight take place concerts
and different kinds of shows
 Charreria: the beggining was when
the charros or hacendados needed
mark the livestock(bulls, cows and
horses) one by one, this activity
became in a show with the time.

20. FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
 Most important
places

21. NORTH: BASILICA DE GUADALUPE
 It was built in 1695 by Pedro Arrieta, and in 1976 was built the
new Basilica de Guadalupe close to old Basilica, this Basilica has
inside the ayate of Virgin of Guadalupe.

22. NORTH: CERRO DE TEPEYAC
 In this place was the appearance of Virgin of
Guadalupe to Juan Diego, it is a place of pilgrimage.

23. SOUTH: XOCHIMILCO
 In the Anáhuac valley we find the Xochimilco
famous for its channels. It is the land of

24. SOUTH: XOCHIMILCO
 It was declared a world heritage site in 1987 by UNESCO.
The canoe are “trajineras” and you can pay a boat trip for
only 200 pesos, the length of trip is 1hour by trajinera.

25. SOUTH: UNIVERSITY CITY. UNAM
 It was declared a world heritage in 2007 by UNESCO and is one of five
most prestigious universities in the world among Harvard(USA),
Oxford(London), La Sorbona(France) and Tsinghua(China).

26. SOUTH: LOS DINAMOS
 It is a ecologic park where tourist can practice Ecotourism, it has
2 and half hectares and Magdalena River, the only river alive in
Mexico DF, forms a stream net very beutiful.

27. SOUTH: BARRIO DE SAN ANGEL
 It is a very traditional quarter, was founded in the Colonial Age and still
preserve this spirit

28. SOUTH-EAST: CERRO DE LA ESTRELLA
 National Park since1938 where there are an archaeological zone,
museum and many legends like Devil Cave legend. It has
1093ha, also tourist can see the whole city on the top of the hill. It
is an Azteca settlement.

29. WEST: BOSQUE DE CHAPULTEPEC
 Chapultepec forest is the biggest of whole Latin America, 686ha. This name
means chapulin, grasshopper. It has many museums and sculptures.

30. WEST: BOSQUE DE CHAPULTEPEC
 It has a zoo and lake. There are restaurants and
bars.

31. WEST: NATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM
 In the Chapultepec forest the tourist can see
all differents native cultures that in Mexico

32. CENTRE: GARIBALDI SQUARE
 It is one of the most important mariachi headquarter in
Mexico and is full of tradition, history and, of course,
mexican music.

33. CENTRE: REFORMA AVENEU AND ANGEL OF THE
INDEPENDENCE
 It is the second important aveneu in Mexico DF. THE Angel of the
independence was built in 1910 to celebrate the first centenary of
Mexican independence.

34. CENTRE: REVOLUTION MONUMENT
 It is a museum too. It was built to celebrate the first centenary of
the mexican revolution, there tourist can know who was the
fathers of revolution and why was so important for all mexican
people.

35. CENTRE: INSURGENT AVENUE AND WORLD
TRADE CENTER
 Insurgent aveneu is the biggest aveneu in Mexico which cross the
city from north to south. It is 28km long. The WTC is a conference
and exhibition center.

36. CENTRE: CUAUHTEMOC MONUMENT
 The last Mexica Emperor, It is at the juction of
Insurgentes aveneu and Reforma.

37. CENTRE: HISTORICAL CENTRE. BELLAS ARTES
PALACE. WORL HERITAGE SINCE 1987
 It was built in 1904 in commemoration of Mexican
independence, where tourist can value the mexicna art.

38. CENTRE: HISTORICAL CENTRE. CATHEDRAL.
WORLD HERITAGE
 It is of the Colonial Age and it is the biggest cathedral in
America built by spanish settler.

39. CENTRE: HISTORICAL CENTRE. WORLD
HERITAGE. NATIONAL PALACE
 Political centre in Mexico where tourist can see differents
murals about history of Mexico.

40. CENTRE: HISTORICAL CENTRE. WORLD
HERITAGE. ZOCALO SQUARE.
 It is the square in font of Cathedral and National Palace, called
Constitution Square too. It is used in many important national
days

41. TEOTIHUACAN: THE PLACE WHERE MEN BECOME
GODS
 It is only 50km from Mexico City to the east and is one of the most
important tourist attraction in the country. It is a word heritage in 1987
and was used for different native civilizationes. From Friday to Sunday
take place old native dances for Sun worship.

42. BEST RESTAURANTS AND GASTRONOMY
 El Mayor
 Miralto
 Cafe Tacuba
 This restaurants are
traditional offering
differets “platillos
mexicanos”

43. GASTRONOMY
 In order:The traditional corn tortilla is the base of mexican food, is like
bread in Spain. Fritada de ranas. Tacos. Hot peppers of different kinds.
Mole, with rice, chicken and mole sauce(with chocolat). Nopalitos con
chipotle

44. GASTRONOMY
 Arrachera is a beef steak with a guacamole and jalapeños diced
garnish. Chile en Nogada is a chile stuffing of beef or chicken with
promegranate seeds and coriander leaves, it has a white sauce.
This platillo represent the colors of Mexico flag.

45. CONCLUSION: AS LONG AS THE WORLD REMAINS,
MÉXICO-TENOCHTITLÁN‘S GLORY AND FAME WILL NEVER END.
“En tanto que permanezca el mundo, no acabará la fama y gloria de México-Tenochtitlan”
Memoriales de Culhuacán

46. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 www.chilango.es
 www.Udg.es
 Wikipedia
 www.explorandomexico.com.mx
 www.conapo.gob.mx
 www.metro.df.gob.mx
 www.xochimilco.df.gob.mx/turismo
 www.mcontreras.df.gob.mx/turismo/ecologia/dinamos
 www.ciudadmexico.com.mx
 www.chapultepec.org.mx
 www.teotihuacan.mx
 www.restaurantesmexico.com
 www.mariachi.com.mx
 www.mexicomaxico.org/reforma
 www.mrm.mx
 www.exposwtc.com
 Tourist destination notes
 Friends and relatives stories