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After the conquest of the mighty Aztec empire in the early 1500s, the Spanish built México City over the Aztec’s capital city using much of the building material from its great pyramids and other structures. The Metropolitan Cathedral and the National Palace (government building) was constructed in part from this material.

As one of the largest populated cities in the world, México City has everything from fine dining to street food, 150+ museums, shopping and more shopping, and magnificent palaces. In fact, México’s capital is often referred to as the City of Palaces. Some of the government buildings and some of the museums are housed in former palaces originally built by rich Spaniards and French families.

It’s newest claim to fame is that the city itself has now become recognized by the federal government in 2016 as a separate México state called, Ciudad de México or the shorter version is just CDMX.

Map / Quick Facts

Location: Central Region

Capital City: México City

Pueblo Mágicos: None

Distances from México City to
Acapulco, GRO – 238 mi / 383 km
Aguascalientes, AGS – 304 mi / 490 km
Cancún, QR – 1000 mi / 1609 km
Cuernavaca, MOR – 54 mi / 87 km
Durango, DGO – 550 mi / 885 km
Guadalajara, JAL – 336 mi / 541 km
Guanajuato, GTO – 220 mi / 354 km
Huatulco, OAX – 292 mi / 470 km
Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo, GRO – 400 mi / 645 km
Mazatlán, SIN – 636 mi / 1025 km
Mérida, YUC – 815 mi / 1312 km
Morelia, MICH – 183 mi / 295 km
Oaxaca City, OAX – 288 mi / 464 km
Puebla City, PUE – 83 mi / 134 km
Puerto Vallarta, JAL – 546 mi / 880 km
Querétaro, QRO – 145 mi / 234 km
San Luis Potosí, SLP – 254 mi / 410 km
San Miguel de Allende, GTO – 163 mi / 262 km
San Cristóbal de las Casas, CHIS – 553 mi / 890 km
Taxco, GRO – 110 mi / 177 km
Teotihuacán, EDOMEX – 30 mi / 42 km
Tepoztlán, MOR – 50 mi / 81 km
Toluca, EDOMEX – 40 mi / 65 km
Zacatecas, ZAC – 370 mi / 595 km