Flashcards: Mexico City

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico (Latin: Archidioecesis Mexicanus) (erected September 2, 1530, as the Diocese of Mexico) is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Atlacomulco, Cuernavaca, Tenancingo and Toluca.

The Tlatelolco massacre was the killing of an estimated 30 to 300 students and civilians by military and police on October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City.

Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City.

The Xochimilco Light Rail (locally known as el Tren Ligero) is a light rail line that serves the southern part of Mexico City.

The Estadio Azteca (Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo asˈteka]) is a football stadium located in the suburb of Santa Úrsula in Mexico City, Mexico.

Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Lebanon in Mexico City (in Latin: Eparchy Dominae Nostrae Martyrum Libanensium in Civitate Mexicana Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See in Mexico.

The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia ("Monument to Independence"), is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City.

Los Pinos (from Spanish, The Pines) is the official residence and office of the President of Mexico.

Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is the largest city park in the Western Hemisphere, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres).

The National Museum of Anthropology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología, MNA) is a national museum of Mexico.

Iztapalapa is one of the Federal Districts of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity.

Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) was the name of an administrative subdivision of the Mexican Federal District that existed from 1941 to 1970.

In Mexican society, pelado is "a term invented to describe a certain class of urban 'bum' in Mexico in the 1920s.

The Central Department (Spanish: Departamento Central) was an administrative subdivision of the Mexican Federal District.

Jaime Perales Contreras was born in Mexico City.

(See also: History of Mexico City) The Zócalo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsokalo]) is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City.

Ritmo Peligroso is a Mexican post-punk/rock band that was created in 1978 and known until 1984 as Dangerous Rhythm.