Greater Mexico City

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Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México or ZMCM (Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City) in Mexico. In 2005 it had a population of 18.3 million.

Contents 1 Agreement on the definition of the ZMCM 1.1 Definition of the ZMCM 2 The normative definition of ZMVM 3 External links and references

[edit] Agreement on the definition of the ZMCM

Since the 1940s there have been different proposals to establish the limits of the growing conurbation of Mexico City, and different definitions were used unofficially as the city continued to grow.

The Federal Government, the Federal District, and the State of Mexico agreed on an official definition of the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City, (Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México, ZMCM), on December 22, 2005. It consists of the 16 boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District, 40 municipalities of the State of Mexico, and one municipality of the State of Hidalgo.

The Metropolitan Zone has a population of 18 million.

The three parties signed agreements by which most urban planning projects will be administered by Metropolitan Commissions.

[edit] Definition of the ZMCM

The ZMCM is defined to be integrated by:

The 16 boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District

Azcapotzalco Benito Juárez Coyoacán Cuajimalpa de Morelos

Cuauhtémoc Gustavo A. Madero Iztacalco Iztapalapa

Magdalena Contreras Miguel Hidalgo Milpa Alta Álvaro Obregón

Tláhuac Tlalpan Venustiano Carranza Xochimilco

The 40 conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico

Acolman Atenco Atizapán de Zaragoza Chalco Chiautla Chicoloapan Chiconcuac Chimalhuacán Coacalco de Berriozábal Cocotitlán

Coyotepec Cuautitlán Cuautitlan Izcalli Ecatepec de Morelos Huehuetoca Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca Jaltenco La Paz Melchor Ocampo

Naucalpan de Juárez Nextlalplan Nezahualcoyotl Nicolás Romero Papalotla San Martín de las Pirámides Tecámac Temamatla Teoloyucán Teotihuacán

Tepetlaoxtoc Tepotzotlán Texcoco Tezoyuca Tlamanalco Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultepec Tultitlán Valle de Chalco Solidaridad Zumpango

One conurbation municipality of the State of Hidalgo

• Tizayuca

[edit] The normative definition of ZMVM

The definition of the ZMCM is considered to be positive in that all municipalities fulfill all or the majority of the requirements to be considered part of the conurbated area. This definition is used in contrast to the normative definition of the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, ZMVM) which was defined to forecast the growth of the conurbated area and plan for its urban development in the long run. The ZMVM therefore includes 18 more municipalities of the State of Mexico that are not yet part of the conurbation area, but are considered strategic as the city grows and integrates them:

Amecameca Apaxco Atlautla Axapusco

Ayapango Ecatzingo Hueypoztla Isidro Fabela

Jilotzingo Juchitepec Nopaltepec Otumba

Ozumba Temascalapa Tenango del Aire Tepetlixpa Villa del Carbón

The ZMVM, if fully integrated in the future, would thus be formed by the 16 boroughs of the Federal District, 58 municipalities of the State of Mexico and 1 municipality of the State of Hidalgo.

[edit] External links and references

• Escenarios Demográficos y Urbanos de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México, published by the Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO).
• News article of the agreement to define the metropolitan area