Mexico City

Population: 18,131,000
Temp Range: 7 - 21
Average Percipitation High: 155-160 mm (July)
Average Percipitation Low: Less than 5 (Feb/Sept)
Top 3 Albums:
1. "Despreciado" by Lupillo Rivera
2. "Historia de un ídolo v.1" by Vicente Fernández
3. "Ansia de amar" by Conjunto Primavera
Top North American Single: N/A
Music Info Source: Ruta Music, Aug.
Currency Used: Mexican Peso (MXP)
Major School: National Autonomous University of
Mexico
Place to Have Fun: Chapultepec Park
Major Landmark: Chapultepec Castle

- capital of Mexico, centre of nation's political,
cultural & economic life
- built on ruins of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec
Empire
- expanded rapidly in 20th century
- thriving economy, but poor housing, pollution,
inadequate sanitation, uncertain water supplies
- Hosted Olympics in 1968
- Population density 6 600 persons per sq. km
- Most inhabitants are 'metizos'- of both Spanish &
indigenous descent
- 92% profess membership to Roman Catholic
Church
- 3.2% Protestant, less than 0.3% are Jewish
- 1/3 of children never progress beyond the 6th grade
- shortage of school space
- Popular sports: soccer, jai alai and bull fighting
- Biggest issue: street crime
- One of the most dangerous metro areas in the
world