DISTRITO FEDERAL (Federal District) Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and 1 Federal District (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ...Other Mexican States Capital Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...Mexico City Area 1,479 Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...km² Political division of Mexico The following table presents a listing of Mexicos 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their surface area. ...Ranked 32nd Population (2000 census) 8,591,300 Political division of Mexico The following table presents a listing of Mexicos 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their total population (per year 2000 census data from INEGI). ...Ranked 2nd The Head of Government ( Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno) wields executive power in the Mexican Federal District (the federal district, or D.F., is the seat of national executive, legislative, and judicial power, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation). ...Head of Govt Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (b. ...Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD may stand for: Parti radical_démocratique, a political party in Switzerland Partido de la Revolución Democrática, a political party in Mexico Partido Revolucionario Democrático, a political party in Panama Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, a political party in the Dominican Republic Pearl River Delta Product Requirements Document (PRD) in technology product...PRD The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexicos bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. ...Federal Deputies (30) PRD = 27 PAN = 3 The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ...Federal Senators The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the main political parties in Mexico. ...PAN = 1 The Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ...PVEM = 1 The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ...PRD = 1 ISO 3166_2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ...ISO 3166_2 Postal abbr. MX_DF D.F.

The Mexican Federal District or Distrito Federal (D.F.) is an area within The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to...Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and 1 Federal District (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ...States of Mexico, but is administered by the Mexican Federal Government and as such it is the seat of the Mexican Federal Government. The core of the vast Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...Mexico City Metropolitan Area is within the Federal District.

The border with the The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ...Estado de México surrounds the D.F. on the north, east and west, while the state of Other Mexican States Capital Cuernavaca Other major cities Cuautla Area 4,950 km² Ranked 30th Population (2000 census) 1,552,880 Ranked 22nd Governor (2000_06) Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez (PAN) Federal Deputies (4) PAN = 2 PRI = 2 Federal Senators PAN = 2 PRI = 1 ISO 3166_2 Postal abbr. ...Morelos shares the border through the more rural and mountainous south. The pear_shaped Federal District covers a surface area of 1,479 km², with a population of some 8,591,000 according to the year 2000 census.

For local government purposes, executive power is held by the The Head of Government ( Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno) wields executive power in the Mexican Federal District (the federal district, or D.F., is the seat of national executive, legislative, and judicial power, and is largely contiguous with the core of the sprawling Mexico City conurbation). ...Head of Government of the Federal District. The D.F. is divided into 16 boroughs or (delegaciones). Each delegación is further divided into a variable number of neighborhoods (colonias).

Should the Federal Government decide to relocate to another part of the country, Article 44 of the Mexican Constitution mandates that the Federal District would acquire full statehood and be called Estado del Valle de México (State of the Valley of Mexico).

History

After the establishment of the Mexican Republic in 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...1824 the Mexican Congress decreed the separation of Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...Mexico City from The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ...Estado de México and the formation of a separate entity called Distrito Federal.

See also

• Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of and largest city in Mexico. ...Mexico City
• List of Boroughs of the Mexican Federal District.

External link

• Postal codes in the Federal District (http://cp.alternativo.net/df.php) (in Spanish)