The city is officially divided into 16 delegaciones (boroughs)
which are in turn subdivided into colonias (neighborhoods), of
which there are around 250; however, it is better to think of
the city in terms of districts to facilitate the visitor getting
around. Many older towns like Coyoacán, San Angel and Tlalpan
got merged into the urban sprawl, and each of these still
manages to preserve some of their original and unique
characteristics. - Centro Historico - Where it all began.
Historic city center that is focused around the Zócalo or Plaza
de la Constitución and extends in all directions for a number of
blocks with its furthest extent being west to the Alameda
Central. Many historic colonial landmarks, and the famous Aztec
Templo Mayor, can be found here. The Zocalo is the largest
square in Latin America and the third largest in the world after
Moscow’s Red Square and Beijing's Tiananmen Square. There are a
few other neighborhoods comprised in the Centro area such as
Colonia San Rafael and Santa Maria La R