Original Settlements of Central Mexico City Archives

Santa Cruz Tultenco

Ubicaci�n Francisco Javier Clavijero 258, Col. Tránsito, Alc Cuauhtémoc, 06820 CDMX

Temples Temples

Metro La Raza (Hall of Science)

Ubicaci�n Insurgentes Nte. s/n, Col. Vallejo Pte.

Metro & Transit Stops

Metro Mixiuhca

Ubicaci�n Pueblo de la Magdalena Mixiuhca, 15900 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Metro & Transit Stops

Santa Anita Zacatlamanco Huehuetl

Ubicaci�n Av. Hidalgo, Pueblo Santa Anita Zacatlamanco Huehuetl, Alc. Iztacalco, 08300 CDMX

Towns/Neighborhoods

Guadalupe Chapel, Peñón de los baños

Ubicaci�n Blvd. Puerto Aéreo 465, Col. Peñón de los Baños, Venustiano Carranza, 15520 CDMX

Temples Temples

Tlatelolco Archaeological Site

Ubicaci�n Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas s/n, Col. Nonoalco Tlatelolco.

Archaeological Sites

Since ancient times, the Center of Mexico City was dominated by the Mexica people of Tenochtitlan. Contemporary visitors won't find the long lists of satellite towns that's so apparent in the modern city's alcaldías, as in the other 13 administrative divisions.

Here we present the few original settlements recognized today as important to the City's cultural legacy but which are easily within the dominion of the ancient imperial city. They shouldn't be missed simply because they're close.

Ancient Tenochtitlan is readily explored through it's four core neighborhoods, Atzacoalco (northeast), Cuepopan (northwest), Moyotlan (southwest), and Zoquiapan (southeast). But it's important to note that Tenochtitlan is not one of the recognized pueblos originarios, that is, the original settlements.

Surrounding that central city were several islands. One of these became the modern Iztacalco (southeast in the map), which is itself divided into several core ancient neighborhoods. To the northwest, Tlatelolco was inhabited by ancient rivals of the Mexica. And across the water in the east were several places important to the origins of the Mexica people. These constitute today's Alcaldía Venustiano Carranza. Administratively separated from the center city only in 1970, it appears to the center east in the map.