Compléter Origin Mexico City Version en ligne in this activity you will complete the origin of the Mexico City par Caroline Alcalá López 1 Federal Hidalgo metropolitan concentrated numbers includes Popocatépetl and years occupies volcanoes Valley city inhabitants Mexico powers delegations history foundation impressive Texcoco Known as the DF , the District , Mexico City or simply , our city contains hundreds of of traditions , culture and history has been , since its , the place where the and population have been in a excessive . The D . F , an area of 1 , 485 km2 , 0 . 1% of the national territory ; It has 8 , 720 , 916 inhabitants , representing 8 . 4% of the country's population , but if we talk about the area ( the area that encompasses the central city and satellite cities that were developed around it ) , the rise to 7 , 815 km2 and 19 , 239 , 910 ( 0 . 5% and 18 . 5% respectively ) . The official definition for this area is the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City , which the 16 of the Federal District , 40 municipalities of the State of Mexico and one of the State of . It is located in the of Mexico , flat region bounded almost entirely by mountainous masses that form a basin in which the most are the and Iztaccíhuatl , which offer us a spectacular landscape on clear days . Originally this basin was almost entirely covered by an extensive system of rivers and lakes , of which the largest was Lake . Ending many of these lakes to make the grow has been one of the most tragic mistakes in its .