The Ajusco Mountains in Tlalpan, Mexico City

Tlalpan is the largest of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District (Mexico City) is divided. Tlalpan is home of Ajusco, a volcanic mountain peak and National Park, one of the highest mountains in Mexico City. Image File history File links Tlalpan,_México_DF.png Location of Tlalpan Borough within the Mexican Federal District. ... Image File history File links Ajusco. ... Image File history File links Ajusco. ... The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides...

Niño Jesús, Jardines en la Montaña, Miguel Hidalgo, Santa Úrsula Xitla and Pedregal de San Nicolás are some of the "colonias" (neighborhoods) into which Tlalpan is divided. In Tlalpan the main indigenous language was Nahuatl, but it is not spoken nowadays because of the cultural development of Mexico City. Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ...

Culture and Entertainment

Six Flags Mexico is located inside Tlalpan (Carretera Picacho-Ajusco). Inside Bosque de Tlalpan "La Casa de la Cultura" (House of Culture - A museum and theater where different cultural shows and exhibits are continuously presented) is located. Bosque de Tlalpan also features many jogging and hiking trails, as well as numerous newly-constructed picnic shelters throughout this beautiful forest. Spring-time blankets the forest floor with dozens of varieties of colourful wildflowers. Six Flags NYSE: PKS is a chain of amusement parks and theme parks headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and New York City. ...

Education

Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de Mexico (Monterrey's Technology Institute, Mexico City Campus), a large private university, is located inside Tlalpan. It has around 12,000 students. ITESM is the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, located in Monterrey, Mexico, also known as the Tec de Monterrey, or simply el Tec. The name is translated into English as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. It is the most important business school in Latin...

U.P.N., the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional is located in Tlalpan's north-west section on Blvd Picacho al Ajusco, next to the smaller Colegio de Mexico. UPN is the country's national university for training teachers, and has more than 30 campuses nationwide; this campus in Mexico City is UPN's largest, with over 25,000 students.

Tlalpan is one of the safest delegaciones in the greater Mexico City area, according 2002 crime statistics and still one of the less expensive for real estate prices.

External link

• Delegación Tlalpan Official site (in Spanish)