What is Greater Mexico City?
[[File:Zona Metropolitana de México.svg|thumb|Greater Mexico City and [[Mexico City]] (Distrito Federal)]] '''Greater Mexico City''' refers to the [[conurbation]] around [[Mexico City]]. The official name is '''Mexico City Metropolitan Area''' (''Área Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México'').<ref>[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/metodologias/otras/zonas_met.pdf INEGI: Delimitación de las Zonas Metropolitanas de México]</ref> It is made up of the Federal District itself and 41 surrounding [[municipalities of Mexico|municipalities]] of the states of [[state of Mexico|Mexico]] and [[Hidalgo (state)|Hidalgo]]. ==Components of the agglomeration== ===Mexico City Metropolitan Area=== The Mexico City Metropolitan Area is defined to be integrated by: ;The 16 boroughs (''delegaciones'') of the Federal District (Mexico City proper): {{colbegin||18em}} *[[Azcapotzalco]] *[[Álvaro Obregón, D.F.|Álvaro Obregón]] *[[Benito Juárez, D.F.|Benito Juárez]] *[[Coyoacán]] *[[Cuajimalpa de Morelos]] *[[Cuauhtémoc, D.F.|Cuauhtémoc]] *[[Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.|Gustavo A. Madero]] *[[Iztacalco]] *[[Iztapalapa]] *[[Magdalena Contreras, D.F.|Magdalena Contreras]] *[[Miguel Hidalgo, D.F.|Miguel Hidalgo]] *[[Milpa Alta]] *[[Tláhuac]] *[[Tlalpan]] *[[Venustiano Carranza, D.F.|Venustiano Carranza]] *[[Xochimilco]] {{colend}} ;The 40 municipalities of the [[State of Mexico]]: {{colbegin||18em}} *[[Acolman]] *[[Atenco]] *[[Atizapán de Zaragoza]] *[[Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias|Chalco]] *[[Chiautla, State of Mexico|Chiautla]] *[[Chicoloapan]] *[[Chiconcuac]] *[[Chimalhuacán]] *[[Coacalco de Berriozábal]] *[[Cocotitlán]] *[[Coyotepec]] *[[Cuautitlán]] *[[Cuautitlán Izcalli]] *[[Ecatepec de Morelos]] *[[Huehuetoca]] *[[Huixquilucan]] *[[Ixtapaluca]] *[[Jaltenco]] *[[La Paz, State of Mexico|La Paz]] *[[Melchor Ocampo, Mexico|Melchor Ocampo]] *[[Naucalpan de Juárez]] *[[Nextlalplan]] *[[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcoyotl]] *[[Nicolás Romero, State of Mexico|Nicolás Romero]] *[[Papalotla]] *[[San Martín de las Pirámides]] *[[Tecámac]]