South-Central Mexico

  South-Central Mexico.

The South-Central Mexico (Spanish: Centrosur de México) is a region of the United Mexican States, formed by the states of Morelos and México; as well as Mexico City, federal district and capital of the country. It is located in the central plateau of Prehispanic Mexico in the area of Texcoco lake. Currently known as Valley of Mexico, formerly the most important settlement of the Aztecs, where they built the most powerful empire of Mesoamérica in less than a century, famous for its rituals and wealth. Their language, their legends and their art forms still having influence on Mexican culture. Today the South-Central Mexico is the most important political, economic and population area of the country.

Federal district

Entity	Official Name	Flag	Area	Population (2010)[1]	Date of establishment
Ciudad de México	Ciudad de Mexico		1,485 km^2 (573.4 sq mi)[2]	8,851,080	1824-11-18[3]

States

State	Official Name Estado Libre y Soberano de:	Flag	Capital	Largest city	Area[4]	Population (2010)[5]	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation
México	México		Toluca de Lerdo	Ecatepec de Morelos	22,357 km^2 (8,632 sq mi)	15,175,862	1	1823-12-20[6]
Morelos	Morelos		Cuernavaca	Cuernavaca	4,893 km^2 (1,889 sq mi)	1,777,227	27	1869-04-17[7]

Major Cities

Major Cities of México
Toluca	Ecatepec de Morelos

Major Cities of Morelos
Cuernavaca	Cuautla

See also

• Eastern Mexico
• North-Central Mexico
• Northeastern Mexico
• Northwestern Mexico
• Southeastern Mexico
• Southwestern Mexico
• Western Mexico

External links

• Secretaría de Turismo
• Consejo de Promoción Turística de México

References

1. "Mexico en Cifras".
2. "Resumen".
3. "Conmemora la Secretaría de Cultura el 185 Aniversario del Decreto de Creación del Distrito Federal".
4. "INEGI".
5. Censo 2010
6. "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.
7. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México".