Brief introduction of Mexico city

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Brief introduction of Mexico city

Mexico is located in the southwest of North America. It borders the United States to the north, Guatemala and Belize to the southeast, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south. With an area of over 6.5438+0.97 million square kilometers, it is the third largest country in North America with a population of nearly 65.438+0 billion.

Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, located in the valley of the plateau in south-central Mexico, with an altitude of 2,240 meters. It is known as the largest city in the world, with an area of 1500 square kilometers and a population of180,000. It is the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of China, with about12 industrial, commercial, service and banking financial institutions.

Mexico City can be traced back to the Indian period. Its predecessor is Tenochtitlan, Tenoch, which was founded in 1325. In the language of its founder Aztec, "Mexico" evolved from "Mexitri", meaning "son of the sun and the moon". The Aztecs created a splendid civilization here. They fill lakes to build cities, build waterways and build magnificent temples and palaces. The whole city is quite prosperous. 152 1 years after the Spanish invasion, many European-style palaces, churches, monasteries and other buildings were built. At this time, it was named Mexico City, which is famous as "Miyagi" in Europe. Today's Mexico not only retains a strong national cultural color, but also is a colorful modern city.

Mexico City is a world-famous tourist city. The north and south are slightly longer and the east and west are slightly narrower. The northeast is an ancient cultural area, and the southwest is a modern emerging industrial area. Constitution Square is the center of Mexico City. There is a thick flagpole in the center of the square, and the daily flag-raising ceremony attracts many domestic and foreign tourists. There are national palaces, municipal buildings, museums and cathedrals around the square. All kinds of buildings combine the past and the present and have unique scenery. Aztec altar, colonial cathedral and ivory modern architecture with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the main body show the vicissitudes of the city for more than 600 years.

Reform Street and Insurgents Street are two main roads of the city, which run through the city from east to west and from north to south. Next to it are beautiful and spacious streets with beautiful environment, banks, hotels, restaurants, theaters, nightclubs and so on. The villas with different styles and exquisite luxury are hidden in the shade of trees. There are many squares, monuments, statues, memorial halls and cultural and entertainment places in the city, which can enable many tourists to understand and know the history and culture of Mexico from all directions and angles. The famous National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico has comprehensively demonstrated the origin and development of ancient Latin American culture through more than 27,000 ancient cultural relics. The Independence Monument reflects the history of the Mexican people's struggle for independence.

Mexico City is surrounded by mountains, with a mild climate and spring-like seasons. Gardens, large and small, are embedded in every corner of the city with beautiful scenery. In the northeast suburb of the city, there are world-famous Mayan monuments, the pyramid of the sun and the Moon Pyramid, which attract thousands of people every day.

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The capital of Mexico. Located on the lacustrine plain on the southern edge of the central Mexican plateau, it is 2259 meters above sea level, with an area of/kloc-0.5 million square kilometers and a population of/kloc-0.7 billion, ranking first in the world. 1325, the Aztecs, inspired by the legendary "God Bird", built a city on the island in the center of Lake Teskoko, named Tenoch's Tetran City, which was once the capital of the Aztec Empire. 152 1 During the Spanish invasion in, the city was severely damaged, and Spanish colonists built Mexico City on the ruins. 182 1 Mexico was designated as the capital when it became independent.

The city is surrounded by steep mountains. P volcano at the southern end is 5452 meters above sea level, with snow all year round. Lake Teskoko in the east is the birthplace of Aztec and Tortek cultures. Chapple Tepei Park and other parks, large and small, are like pieces of jadeite embedded in all parts of the city. Beautiful scenery, mild climate and spring-like seasons make it a tourist attraction. The ancient Aztec cultural relics in the city, the independent palaces, churches and high-rise buildings built in European style during the Spanish colonial period complement each other, forming a historical picture of the Mexican nation.

The urban area is rectangular and the streets are grid-shaped. The famous Avenue of Insurgents, which runs through the north and south, is 50 kilometers long, and the tree-lined paseo de la reforma intersects in the city center. There are independent monuments representing the national spirit, and celebrity statues stand in the center of the street and on the roadside. From Columbus, the explorer who discovered America, to Bolvar, the leader of Latin American independence movement, from ancient heroes to modern outstanding leaders, they have different styles and exquisite shapes.

There is also the China government monument, which was presented to the Mexican people by the then China government to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Mexico's independence. Around the Constitution Square in the city center stands the National Palace, the municipal government building, the museum and the cathedral built on the ruins of the Aztec temple. /kloc-The 0/42-meter-high Latin American Tower and the 47th-floor Mexican Hotel are the tallest modern buildings in this city. Chengnan is the seat of the National Autonomous University, with 300,000 students, and it is the largest institution of higher learning in Latin America. There is the oldest hospital in America built by 1527, and there is also a sports city. Teotihuacan, in the northeast suburb of the city, has the famous Indian civilization site pyramid of the sun and the Moon Pyramid.

In Mexico City, large murals can be seen everywhere, from government buildings, museums, schools, theaters, and other buildings, full of colorful, magnificent and ethnic paintings. Therefore, it is called the "mural capital".

Traffic guide

Domestic and international traffic

Airport information: Benito Ciudad Juarez International Airport (MEX) is located at 13km south of Mexico City, with buses, subways and taxis leading to the city.

The international departure fee is about 18 USD, which is usually included in the air ticket, while the domestic departure fee is about 90 yuan.

Domestic means of transportation

Aviation: It is mainly operated by Aeromexico and aero mexico, and you can get a discount if you buy a round-trip ticket.

Train: national network, connected by state and private railways, free for children under five years old and half price for children under five years old-1 1. Chihuahua Pacific Railway and Aztec Vultures are the most famous.

Bus: It is the most convenient and economical means of transportation, with a higher punctuality rate than trains and a grade.

Taxi: There are four kinds, yellow, white and orange. The latter is more expensive, but generally speaking, it is very cost-effective to take a taxi in Mexico. Sitio has a fixed riding place and the body is red; Turismo taxi focuses on package tours; Peseros is green and white. It's called a shared taxi.

Rent a car: drive on the right, the road conditions are not very good. Due to the serious air pollution, vehicles entering Mexico City need to be controlled, and the number at the end of the license plate is the difference.

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Cactus can be found everywhere in Mexico. It is said that Mexico can find more than 500 species of cactus among the more than 1000 species known all over the world, of which more than 200 species are unique to Mexico. There is the largest cactus in the world, which is as high as 17 meters and weighs dozens of tons. Cactus fruit can be eaten as fruit. Mexico's flag and national emblem have cactus patterns, so it is called "cactus country".

Mexico is one of the earliest countries to grow corn in the world, and is called "the hometown of corn". The annual output of corn in Mexico exceeds 6.5438+0.2 million tons, and corn is the most important agricultural product.

Mexico is famous for its silver production, ranking first in the world, accounting for 18.3% of the world's total silver production, and is known as the "Silver Kingdom". Mexico has a long history of silver mining. It is said that during the 300 years of colonial rule, Spain shipped as much as 300 tons of silver from Mexico every year. China began to flow silver into Mexico through overseas Chinese in the late Ming Dynasty. After Mexico became independent, it was called independence because of Mexican patterns, and it was called "Eagle Ocean" or "Ink Silver" because of Mexican patterns. "Ink Silver" silver coins have been circulating in China for 50 years. Later, China officially adopted the silver coin standard system in the late Qing Dynasty, which was modeled after the weight of "Eagle Ocean". It is a witness to the friendly exchanges between China and Mexico.

Mexico is also known as "land of sulfur", "country of mild plateau", "bridge of highway", "bridge of America" and "tourist flower of Latin America".