Mexico City - the oldest city in America, one of the mostattractive cultural and financial centers of the continent. Many businessmen strive to get here to start their own business. Including thanks to them the population of Mexico City is growing.
In 1325, the Aztecs, who settled on the shores of Lake Texcoco, became the founders of the city. At that time, he was called Tenochtitlan, translated from Aztec - "the city of prickly cacti."
The territory of the city was riddled with canals,dams and bridges. The houses of the Aztecs seemed to draw power from the depths of Lake Texcoco, so they were durable and majestic. The Europeans, who saw the city for the first time, were struck by the beauty of Tenochtitlan, and they called it the Aztec Venice, it was so similar to it. The population of the city of Mexico City in those days was low.
When at the beginning of the XVI century the Spaniards arrived in the cityled by F. Cortes, the Aztecs saw no danger in the parish. Moreover, Fernand Cortes himself seemed to them the god Quetzalcoatl, who by prophecy was to come this year. Soon the Aztecs revolted against the Spaniards, who wanted to enslave Tenochtitlan. Uninvited guests were removed, but not for long. Less than two years later, F. Cortes returned with an army to announce the accession of Tenochtitlan to the Spanish crown, and proclaimed it the capital of New Spain.
Tenochtitlan ceased to exist, and inIn the middle of 1521, a new city emerged, named after Mekhitli, the god of war of the Aztecs. The Spaniards began to establish their life and production in the new capital. They felt so free here that they even opened a printing house, and soon the first university. After that, the population of Mexico City began to grow.
Apparently, they did not have specialists capable ofto defeat the drainage system, established by the Aztecs, so they decided to drain the lake Texcoco. The consequences of this decision have survived to the present: the old houses erected by the Aztecs, as if pressed against each other in search of support and hoping to defend themselves from the giants of the skyscrapers.
Modern Mexico is the capital of independent Mexico.and one of the largest metropolises in Latin America. Huge population growth, rapid growth in production and development put Mexico City on a par with the largest cities in the world.
The center, the south and the foothills make up the Federal District, the rest of the territory falls within the municipal districts (there are 16 of them).
По численности населения столица Мексики continues the good tradition of its predecessor Tenochtitlan, without leaving the dozens of the most densely populated cities on the planet. According to statistics for 2010, the population of Mexico City with suburbs numbered about 20 million people, and the population density was almost 6 thousand people per square kilometer.
So many people at that time could noteven Moscow boasts, although our capital is also considered a rather big city. According to statistics, in 2010 about 12 million people lived in it. The difference is more than palpable. The population of Mexico City is growing every year.
The population of Mexico City are people of different nations andraces The bulk of the population - mestizos born in Indian-European unions. Representatives of the indigenous population in relation to mestizam is only 1%. Despite this, there are representatives of indigenous groups of Indian races in the Federal District. Districts of Mexico City are presented including small groups:
As a rule, indigenous people speak Spanish, but some still continue to communicate in their native language.
In Mexico City you can meet representatives of such countries as:
Что касается образования, то в Мехико более 50% population have a higher education. For comparison, only 36% of people with university degrees are in Mexico. In the capital, a large selection of private and public schools. Here is the largest institution of higher education - Mexican Autonomous University. Here are those who want to change their lives and get a high social status.
For the most part, the inhabitants of Mexico are Catholics (theirhere more than 90%). On the main square is the legendary Cathedral, the construction of which involved the Europeans during the development of the New World.
True, the number of Catholics began to decrease in60s: there were representatives of Islam, Judaism and Evangelical Christians. There are more atheists. Some residents of the capital belong to the currents that have united the Catholic faith with the ideas of folk traditions. In many parts of Mexico City, they preach such beliefs as shamanism or the cult of Santeria.
The demographic situation in the city supportfamilies in which 2-3 children are born. On average, Mexicans live to the age of 74 years. The unemployment rate is quite high. This is the main problem faced by residents of large cities. Despite this, the population of Mexico City is growing due to the large flow of immigrants.
On average, half of the workers work under informal conditions. Provide jobs mainly enterprises of various industries:
Mexico is a country where tourists want to go.The capital is of particular interest, so the tourism business here is not the last. The field of education also represents a fairly large number of workers. The population of Mexico City without suburbs in 2015 was 8,918,653 people.
It is the largest city of Mexico, here is a hugenumber of monumental sculpture and architectural monuments. City-metropolis, in which representatives of various races and beliefs found shelter. Residents sacredly honor the history of their city and support its cultural and historical values. But every year it is more difficult to do it, as the population of Mexico City is growing more and more at the expense of visitors from different countries.
