Central Mexico

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cultural region geographic region

Central Mexico is a historically rich region that was the heartland of the Aztec civilization and later a primary focus of Spanish colonial rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
central Mexico	7
southern Valley of Mexico	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographic region ⓘ
borders	eastern Mexico ⓘ surface form: Eastern Mexico Northern Mexico ⓘ southern Mexico ⓘ surface form: Southern Mexico Western Mexico ⓘ
capitalDuringAztecEmpire	Tenochtitlan ⓘ
capitalDuringSpanishRule	Mexico City ⓘ
climate	temperate highland climate ⓘ
colonialEntity	Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
contains	Valley of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Basin of Mexico Cuautitlán-Texcoco region ⓘ Cuernavaca ⓘ Lerma River basin ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Pachuca ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Puebla Valley ⓘ Querétaro City ⓘ Tlaxcala City ⓘ Toluca ⓘ Toluca Valley ⓘ Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ Valley of Mexico ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
economicSignificance	largest contributor to Mexico's GDP ⓘ most populous macro-region of Mexico ⓘ
elevationRange	high plateau ⓘ
historicalRole	core area of Spanish colonial rule in New Spain ⓘ heartland of the Aztec civilization ⓘ
includesState	Aguascalientes ⓘ Guanajuato ⓘ Hidalgo ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Michoacán ⓘ Morelos ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Querétaro ⓘ San Luis Potosí ⓘ State of Mexico ⓘ Tlaxcala ⓘ
indigenousLanguageRegion	Matlatzinca ⓘ Mazahua ⓘ Nahuan languages ⓘ surface form: Nahuatl Otomi ⓘ
languageRegion	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Mexico ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	commercial agriculture ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
notableArchaeologicalSite	Cacaxtla ⓘ Malinalco ⓘ Tenochtitlan ⓘ surface form: Tenochtitlan (archaeological remains in Mexico City) Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ surface form: Teotihuacan Tula ⓘ
partOf	Mesoamerica ⓘ Mexican Plateau ⓘ
preColumbianCulture	Aztec Empire ⓘ surface form: Aztec Matlatzinca culture ⓘ Otomi peoples ⓘ surface form: Otomi cultures Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization ⓘ surface form: Tarascan (Purépecha) culture Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ Toltec civilization ⓘ
religionMajority	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Central Standard Time (Mexico)
transportHub	Mexico City International Airport ⓘ Querétaro International Airport ⓘ Toluca International Airport ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Classic period in Mesoamerica → appliesToTerritory → Central Mexico ⓘ

Silao Municipality → belongsTo → Central Mexico ⓘ

connected by Mexican Federal Highway 15 → connectsRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: Mexican Federal Highway 15

American robin (Turdus migratorius) → distributionRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: American robin

this entity surface form: central Mexico

Colonia Valle Gómez → geographicRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

Christianization of central Mexico → hasMainRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

Morelos → isPartOfRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

Aguascalientes → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Aztec Empire → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Cholula → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Distrito Federal → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Federal District of Mexico (historical) → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Great Pyramid of Cholula → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Greater Mexico City metropolitan area → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Guanajuato → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Hidalgo → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Mexican Plateau → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexico

city of Morelia (renamed in his honor) → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: Morelia

this entity surface form: central Mexico

state of Morelos, Mexico → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

subject surface form: Morelos

Puebla → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Querétaro → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

State of Guanajuato → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Teotihuacan civilization → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Tlacopan polity → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Tlaxcala → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexico

Toltec civilization → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Triple Alliance → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Valley of Mexico → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

Venustiano Carranza → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

former Lake Chalco → locatedIn → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Valley of Mexico

Chalco → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexico

Dolores Hidalgo → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

León, Guanajuato → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

Michoacán → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

State of Mexico → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

State of Michoacán → locatedInRegion → Central Mexico ⓘ

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire → location → Central Mexico ⓘ

Estado de México → partOf → Central Mexico ⓘ

San Luis Potosí → partOf → Central Mexico ⓘ

America/Mexico_City → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Capilla del Rosario → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Casa de los Azulejos → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Colonia Algarín → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Cuauhtémoc → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Cuitláhuac → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Fuentes Brotantes neighborhood → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexico

Monolith of Tlaloc → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Nahua → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

Nevado de Toluca → region → Central Mexico ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexico

Puebla Cathedral → region → Central Mexico ⓘ