Greater Mexico City
Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, oficially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México or ZMCM (Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City) in Mexico.
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.
Definition of the ZMCM
The ZMCM is defined to be integrated by:
- The 16 boroughs (delegaciones) of the Federal District
- 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
- Huehuetoca
- Huixquilucan
- Ixtapaluca
- Jaltenco
- La Paz
- Melchor Ocampo
- Naucalpan de Juárez
- Nextlalplan
- Nezahualcóyotl
- 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
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 municipalites 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: Template:Top4
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.
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