Mexico City is located in central Mexico. It extends over the territory of the Federal District is divided into 24 "delegations" and with 43 million in 2000; The Federal District is not completely urbanized. It is surrounded by the states of Mexico and Morelos. Mexicans also distinguished several geographic features that go well beyond the limits of Mexico City proper:
Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México (ZMCM): 16 boroughs (delegaciones) and 40 municipalities (municipios) of 4986 km ²
Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México (ZMVM): 58 km ² Commons 7815
the Megalopolis del Centro de México (MCM): 249 municipalities associated with Zonas Metropolitanas Cuernavaca-Cuautla, Pachuca, Puebla-Tlaxcala and Toluca on 9763 square kilometers
The urban area of Mexico City, the third most populous in the world, spans 60 km / 100 km.