Central Mexico

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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

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San Lázaro Legislative Palace region Central Mexico
tlatoani region Central Mexico
Codex Boturini regionOfOrigin Central Mexico
Oto-Manguean languages regionOfOrigin Central Mexico
Nahuan languages spokenIn Central Mexico
Oto-Manguean languages spokenIn Central Mexico
Quetzalcoatl worshipRegion Central Mexico