Boroughs of Mexico City

Borough
demarcación territorial (Spanish)
Mexico City boroughs
CategoryBorough / City district
Location Mexico
Found inMexico City
Number16 (as of July 2025)
PopulationsSmallest:
152,685 (Milpa Alta)
Largest:
1,835,486 (Iztapalapa)
AreasSmallest:
23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi) (Iztacalco)
Largest:
314.5 km2 (121.4 sq mi) (Tlalpan)
Government
Subdivisions

Boroughs (Spanish: demarcaciones territoriales) are the subdivisions of Mexico City, the capital city and a federative entity of Mexico. As of 2026, there are 16 boroughs in Mexico City.[1] Each borough is headed by a borough mayor (alcalde), which makes it colloquially known as alcaldía.[2] The traditional center of Mexico City comprises four boroughs: Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza.

Mexico City is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, with the others being the 31 states. It was named Distrito Federal (Federal District) until February 5, 2016, when it was officially renamed the Ciudad de México.[3] According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the second most populated entity with 9,209,944 inhabitants and the smallest by land area, spanning 1,494.3 square kilometres (577.0 sq mi).[4][5]

Map of Mexico with Mexico City highlighted
Map of Mexico with Mexico City highlighted

Despite containing the word "city", it is not governed as a city but as a unit consisting of multiple subdivisions. As a result of the political reforms enacted in 2016, it is no longer designated as a federal district and became a city, a member entity of the Mexican federation, the seat of the Powers of the Union, and the capital of Mexico.[1] Thus, Mexico City is not organized into municipalities.

The largest borough by population is Iztapalapa, with 1,835,486 residents, while the smallest is Milpa Alta, with 152,685 residents. Iztacalco is the most densely populated subdivision in Mexico.[4] The largest borough by land area is Tlalpan, which spans 314.50 km2 (121.43 sq mi), and the smallest is Iztacalco, with 23.10 km2 (8.92 sq mi).[5]

The most recent boroughs are Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza, all established in 1970 out of the former circumscription of Mexico City.[6]

Boroughs

Name Seal Population
(2020)[4] 		Population
(2010)[7] 		Change Land area[5] Population density
(2020) 		Incorporation date[6]
km2 sq mi
Álvaro Obregón[a] 759,137 727,034 +4.4% 95.9 37.0 7,915.9/km2 (20,502.1/sq mi) 15 February 1826
Azcapotzalco 432,205 414,711 +4.2% 33.5 12.9 12,901.6/km2 (33,415.1/sq mi) 6 August 1826
Benito Juárez 434,153 385,439 +12.6% 26.7 10.3 16,260.4/km2 (42,114.3/sq mi) 29 December 1970
Coyoacán 614,447 620,416 −1.0% 53.9 20.8 11,399.8/km2 (29,525.2/sq mi) 6 August 1824
Cuajimalpa 217,686 186,391 +16.8% 71.2 27.5 3,057.4/km2 (7,918.6/sq mi) 28 July 1899
Cuauhtémoc 545,884 531,831 +2.6% 32.5 12.5 16,796.4/km2 (43,502.6/sq mi) 29 December 1970
Gustavo A. Madero[b] 1,173,351 1,185,772 −1.0% 87.9 33.9 13,348.7/km2 (34,573.0/sq mi) 8 May 1861
Iztacalco[c] 404,695 384,326 +5.3% 23.1 8.9 17,519.3/km2 (45,374.7/sq mi) 5 March 1862
Iztapalapa 1,835,486 1,815,786 +1.1% 113.2 43.7 16,214.5/km2 (41,995.5/sq mi) 5 March 1862
La Magdalena Contreras 247,622 239,086 +3.6% 63.4 24.5 3,905.7/km2 (10,115.7/sq mi) 31 December 1928
Miguel Hidalgo 414,470 372,889 +11.2% 46.4 17.9 8,932.5/km2 (23,135.2/sq mi) 29 December 1970
Milpa Alta 152,685 130,582 +16.9% 298.2 115.1 512.0/km2 (1,326.1/sq mi) 15 December 1826
Tláhuac[d] 392,313 360,265 +8.9% 85.9 33.2 4,567.1/km2 (11,828.7/sq mi) 15 February 1826
Tlalpan[e] 699,928 650,567 +7.6% 314.5 121.4 2,225.5/km2 (5,764.1/sq mi) 8 April 1825
Venustiano Carranza 443,704 430,978 +3.0% 32.5 12.5 13,652.4/km2 (35,359.6/sq mi) 29 December 1970
Xochimilco 442,178 415,007 +6.5% 114.1 44.1 3,875.4/km2 (10,037.1/sq mi) 6 August 1826
Mexico City — 9,209,944 8,851,080 +4.1% 1,494.3 577.0 6,163.4/km2 (15,963.1/sq mi) —
Mexico — 126,014,024 112,336,538 +12.2% 1,960,646.7 757,010 64.3/km2 (166.5/sq mi) —

Mayors

Borough Mayor Since
Álvaro Obregón Javier López Casarín 2024
Azcapotzalco Nancy Marlene Núñez Reséndiz 2024
Benito Juárez Luis Mendoza Acevedo 2024
Coyoacán Giovani Gutiérrez Aguilar 2021
Cuajimalpa Carlos Orvañanos Rea 2024
Cuauhtémoc Alessandra Rojo de la Vega 2024
Gustavo A. Madero Janecarlo Lozano Reynoso 2024
Iztacalco Lourdes Paz Reyes 2024
Iztapalapa Aleida Alavez Ruiz 2024
La Magdalena Contreras Fernando Mercado Guaida 2024
Miguel Hidalgo Mauricio Tabe Echartea 2021
Milpa Alta Octavio Rivero Villaseñor 2024
Tláhuac Berenice Hernández Calderón 2021
Tlalpan Gabriela Osorio 2024
Venustiano Carranza Evelyn Parra Álvarez 2021
Xochimilco Circe Camacho Bastida 2024

Notes

  1. ^ Álvaro Obregón was originally incorporated as San Ángel, changing its name on 31 December 1941.[6]
  2. ^ Gustavo A. Madero was originally incorporated as Guadalupe Hidalgo, changing its name on 31 December 1941.[6]
  3. ^ Iztacalco was merged with Gustavo A. Madero (at that time known as Guadalupe Hidalgo) from 1903 to 1921.[6]
  4. ^ Tláhuac was merged with Xochimilco from 1903 to 1928.[6]
  5. ^ Tlalpan was originally incorporated as San Agustín de las Cuevas, changing its name on 25 September 1827.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Constitution of Mexico City" (PDF) (in Spanish). Gobierno de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  2. ^ "Ley Orgánica de las Alcadías de la Ciudad de México" (PDF). Procuraduría Ambiental y del Ordenamiento Territorial de la CDMX (in Spanish). 4 May 2018. p. 1. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  3. ^ "General Agreement of the Plenary of the Federal Judiciary Council by which the name of the Federal District is changed to Mexico City" (in Spanish). Diario Oficial de la Federación. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. ^ a b c "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  5. ^ a b c "México en cifras - Medio Ambiente - Ciudad de México" (in Spanish). INEGI. January 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Distrito Federal División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. ISBN 970-13-1494-8.
  7. ^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Mexico_City