the 16 boroughs of mexico city
a traditional street in coyoacan
a german-style home, restaurant, in san angel neighborhood
for administrative purposes, federal district divided 16 delegaciones or boroughs. while not equivalent municipality, 16 boroughs have gained significant autonomy, , since 2000 heads of government elected directly plurality (they appointed head of government of federal district). given mexico city organized entirely federal district, of city services provided or organized government of federal district , not boroughs themselves, while in constituent states these services provided municipalities. 16 boroughs of federal district 2010 populations are:
the boroughs composed hundreds of colonias or neighborhoods, have no jurisdictional autonomy or representation. historic center oldest part of city (along other, formerly separate colonial towns such coyoacán , san Ángel), of buildings dating 16th century. other well-known central neighborhoods include condesa, known art deco architecture , restaurant scene; colonia roma, beaux arts neighborhood , artistic , culinary hot-spot, zona rosa, formerly center of nightlife , restaurants, reborn center of lgbt , korean-mexican communities; , tepito , la lagunilla, known local working-class foklore , large flea markets. santa maría la ribera , san rafael latest neighborhoods of magnificent porfiriato architecture seeing first signs of gentrification.
west of historic center (centro histórico) along paseo de la reforma many of city s wealthiest neighborhoods such polanco, lomas de chapultepec, bosques de las lomas, santa fe, , (in state of mexico) interlomas, city s important areas of class office space, corporate headquarters, skyscrapers , shopping malls. nevertheless, areas of lower income colonias exist in cases cheek-by-jowl rich neighborhoods, particularly in case of santa fe.
the south of city home other high-income neighborhoods such colonia del valle , jardines del pedregal, , formerly separate colonial towns of coyoacán, san Ángel, , san jerónimo. along avenida insurgentes paseo de la reforma, near center, south past world trade center , unam university towards periférico ring road, important corridor of corporate office space. far southern boroughs of xochimilco , tláhuac have significant rural population milpa alta being entirely rural.
east of center lower-income areas middle-class neighborhoods such jardín balbuena. urban sprawl continues further east many miles state of mexico, including ciudad nezahualcoyotl, increasingly middle-class, once full of informal settlements. these kind of slums found on eastern edges of metropolitan area in chalco area.
north of historic center, azcapotzalco , gustavo a. madero have important industrial centers , neighborhoods range established middle-class colonias such claveria , lindavista huge low-income housing areas share hillsides adjacent municipalities in state of mexico. in recent years of northern mexico city s industry has moved nearby municipalities in state of mexico. northwest of mexico city ciudad satélite, vast middle upper-middle-class residential , business area.
the human development index report of 2005 shows there 3 boroughs high human development index, 12 high hdi value (9 above .85) , 1 medium hdi value (almost high). benito juárez borough had highest hdi of country (.9510) followed miguel hidalgo came 4th nationally hdi of (.9189) , coyoacán (5th nationally) hdi value of (.9169). cuajimalpa, cuauhtémoc , azcapotzalco had high values; respectively .8994 (15th nationally),.8922 (23rd) , .8915 (25th).
in contrast, boroughs of xochimilco (172th), tláhuac (177th) , iztapalapa (183th) presented lowest hdi values of federal district values of .8481, .8473 , .8464 respectively—values still in global high-hdi range. borough did not present high hdi of rural milpa alta presented medium hdi of .7984, far below other boroughs (627th nationally while rest stood in top 200). mexico city s hdi 2005 report of .9012 (very high), , 2010 value of .9225 (very high) or (by newer methodology) .8307, , mexico s highest.
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