Metro area7.9 billion m2
121 billionLicense plates
1.1 trillionDollar bill areas
7,866 square kilometers
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Mexico City Metropolitan Area
One of the Western Hemisphere's largest cities, built on a drained lakebed/Cities & Urban
The Mexico City metropolitan area (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico) is home to approximately 21.8 million people across 7,866 square kilometers, making it the largest metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere. The city was originally built by the Aztecs as Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325. After the Spanish conquest, the lake was gradually drained, and the city expanded onto the soft lakebed sediments, which cause it to sink at about 50 cm per year in some areas, making many buildings visibly tilted.
Measurements
Federal District1.5 billion m2
9.3 billionPizza boxes
864 millionthsAlaskas
1,485 square kilometers
Metro network length226,000 m
2.3 trillionViruses
23,179Squash court lengths
226 km, 12 lines
Elevation2,240 m
122Bowling alleys
5.6Supertankers
78.2Basketball court lengths
Above sea level in the Valley of Mexico
Subsidence rate5 tenths m
1.5 tenthsHammock lengths
1.4 tenthsParallel bar lengths
52.8 quintillionthsLight-years
Sinking per year in worst areas
Zocalo side length240 m
960Candle heights
31.5Tape measure lengths
One of the world's largest public squares