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Mexico City

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Elevation 2,240 m
Area1485
Population8. 851 million (2010)
Local timeTuesday 02:44
Weather27°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 12% Humidity
Neighborhoods Historic center of Mexico City
Polanco
Tepito
Roma
Did you knowMexico City is the most-populous North American city by population (8,918,653).
Location statistical region population United Nations
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Area code55/56
DemonymMexiqueno
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About Mexico City


Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico. It's known for its Templo Mayor (a 13th-century Aztec temple), the baroque Catedral Metropolitana de México of the Spanish conquistadors and the Palacio Nacional, which houses historic murals by Diego Rivera. All of these are situated in and around the Plaza de la Constitución, the massive main square also known as the Zócalo. ― Google

Gunmen and sexism: On the road with Mexico's women truckers

Gunmen and sexism: On the road with Mexico's women truckers
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... She needs to set off soon from her home city of Querétaro, north-east of Mexico City, if she is to reach the border city of Nuevo Laredo before dark...

Mexico: Murder suspected in non-binary magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena's death

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... " Ociel is, and was, the most relevant figure in today s fight for human rights for the LGBTQ+ community, " Humberto Dena, 24, told the Associated Press in Mexico City...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital - reports

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital - reports
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... The 73-year-old was in Mexico City attending the World Business Forum (WBF), a business conference...

Skulls and flowers on parade at Mexico's Catrinas procession

Skulls and flowers on parade at Mexico's Catrinas procession
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...Mexicans have been taking part in the Parade of the Catrinas, a lively procession of skeletons through Mexico City as they prepare to mark the Day of the Dead...

Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic

Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic
Oct 13,2023 9:41 pm

... " In the small intestine/of the little auk/we found Mexico City, Manila, Shanghai, New York...

Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US

Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US
Sep 15,2023 10:41 pm

... Ovidio was flown to Mexico City in a helicopter for fear that if he was transported by road his hitmen would try to attack the convoy...

Court decriminalises abortion across Mexico

Court decriminalises abortion across Mexico
Sep 6,2023 10:11 pm

... Mexico City was the first of the country s states to decriminalise abortion in 2007 and a dozen others followed suit...

Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75

Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75
Sep 2,2023 7:31 pm

... Born in Pasadena, California, in 1947 to a Spanish-born mother and a Nicaraguan-born father, Mr Richardson grew up in Mexico City before attending boarding school in Massachusetts...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in hospital - reports

Jul 16,2023 8:50 pm

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is in hospital in Mexico, according to multiple reports.

It is not currently clear what The Cause is. The 73-year-old was in Mexico City attending the World Business Forum (WBF), a business conference.

An unnamed source from the WBF said that Mr Wozniak fainted on Wednesday afternoon at The Event , according to the.

The Bbc has contacted representatives of Mr Wozniak for comment.

Better known in the tech world as Woz, Mr Wozniak is a Silicon Valley veteran who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976 and invented The First Apple computer.

Apple went on to become The Most valuable company in The World .

The computing pioneer in March alongside Elon Musk calling for a pause in the development of The Most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) models.

He called for the regulation of AI when he in May 2023, fearing the technology would be harnessed by " bad actors".

He Said : " AI is so intelligent it's open to the bad players, the ones that want to trick you about who they are. "

But he sounded a note of scepticism that regulators would get it right: " I think the forces that drive for money usually win out, which is sort of sad. "

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