Distrito Federal (Mexico City)

The Metagora Activity in Mexico was carried out in the Federal District. The Federal District is both a geographical and political entity. Indeed, the Distrito Federal (D.F.) represents a specific geographical area: the D.F. is divided into 16 delegaciones (boroughs), each of which is further divided into a variable number of colonias (neighbourhoods). At the same time, it is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the federal government.

The core of the vast Mexico City Metropolitan Area is geographically situated within the limits of the Federal District (D.F.), though, as such, it is bigger than the D.F. The Metropolitan Area includes the entire D.F. together with some municipalities of the Estado de Mexico and of the state of Hidalgo.

The D.F is composed of 16 boroughs: Álvaro Obregón, Azcapotzalco, Benito Juárez, Coyoacán, Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Cuauhtémoc, Gustavo A. Madero, Iztacalco, Iztapalapa, Magdalena Contreras, Miguel Hidalgo, Milpa Alta, Tláhuac, Tlalpan, Venustiano Carranza, and Xochimilco.