Top 10 AMAZING Mexico City Facts + History | Mexico City Travel 2017 CDMX TheCoolFactShow EP71

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Amazing Facts and History about Mexico City:

Fact 1 Founded in 1325 under the name Tenochtitlan, it is the oldest city on the American continent.
Fact 2 With more than 20 million inhabitants, Mexico City is the most populated after Tokyo and is the most populous metropolis in the country. The figure includes the 16 delegations of the capital and the conurbated municipalities of the State of Mexico.
Fact 3 Mexico City has 151 officially recognized museums and more than 200 that are not officially recognized. It is the city with the largest number of museums in America and the second largest in the world, only after London.
Fact 4 Mexico City is the 2nd most visited city in all of Latin America
Fact 5 In Mexico City there are at least eight important archaeological sites: Cuicuilco, Santa Cruz Acalpixca, Templo Mayor, Tlatelolco, Santa Cecilia, Tenayuca, Teotihuacan and Acozaco.
Fact 6 Chapultepec Castle is the only REAL royal castle in the entire American continent. And was the home of Maximilian tHE FIRST of Mexico, Archduke of Austria, the second emperor of the so-called Second Mexican Empire.
Fact 7 The central square of the city is commonly known as Zócalo because, in 1843, Santa Anna called a contest to make a memorial to the Independence of Mexico. The winner projected the construction of a column to the center of the square. Of this only the base was placed, because the monument never materialized; The plinth remained in place. Since then, the square has adopted the name, also, of Zócalo. This is the second largest plaza in the world and the first among the Spanish speaking countries. It measures 46 thousand 800 square meters or 503751.01sqft
Fact 8 Flea markets, also known as "tianguis", are part of the city's culture. It is estimated that there are about one thousand four hundred tianguis only in the city. Here you can find everything from new and used clothes, antiques, books, to home appliances and drugs. Millions of Dollars exchange hands every day in the tianguis, they create and they lose fortunes.
Fact 9 Mexico City is the city with the most taxis in the world. They even have Hello Kitty for girls and Iron Man for boys!
Fact 10 Mexico City has the largest number of Palaces in the American continent, as it was the capital of New Spain. There is a reason for Mexico City's nickname: "The City of Palaces".
Bonus Fact:
The city is located 2.2 kilometers above sea level. Some people who are not accustomed to these elevated heights and adding smog may experience difficulty breathing at when they first arrive in Mexico City, this symptom usually only lasts a few hours. The Smog sucks. Sometimes you can see it from the air when aproaching Mexico City airspace. Mexico's capital's government promotes programs to improve the environment and combat poor air quality.