Mexico City megalopolis


The Mexico City megalopolis, also known as the Megalopolis of Central Mexico, is a megalopolis containing Greater Mexico City and surrounding metropolitan areas.
In 1996, the Programa General de Desarollo Urbano del Distrito Federal first proposed the concept of a "Megalopolis of Central Mexico", which was later expanded by PROAIRE, a metropolitan commission on the environment.
The Megalopolis of Central Mexico includes 10 metropolitan areas of Mexico, as defined by the National Population Council : Valley of Mexico, Puebla, Toluca, Queretaro, Cuernavaca, Pachuca, Tlaxcala-Apizaco, Cuautla, Tulancingo, Tula and Tianguistenco. Some of these areas form complex subregional rings themselves.
The megalopolis spreads over, and consists of 185 subdivisions in 6 federative entities: 169 municipalities, 81 in the State of Mexico, 39 in Tlaxcala, 19 in Puebla, 16 in Hidalgo, and 14 in Morelos; plus the 16 boroughs of Mexico City. Its population as of 2020 is 30.8 million people, about 25% of the country's total.
Since 2019 the megalopolis includes the state of Querétaro.
The Querétaro metropolitan area is also part of the fast-growing macroregion of Bajío.

Component metropolitan areas

RankMetropolitan AreaFederative EntityMunic.Area 2020 Census2010 CensusChange
1Valley of MexicoMexico City, State of Mexico, Hidalgo767,866.1--
4PueblaPuebla, Tlaxcala392,392.4--
5TolucaState of Mexico162,410.5--
8QuerétaroQuerétaro52,427.3--
16CuernavacaMorelos81,189.9--
32PachucaHidalgo71,184.8--
33Tlaxcala-ApizacoTlaxcala19708.1--
38CuautlaMorelos6979.6--
56TulancingoHidalgo3673.1--
59TulaHidalgo51,845.8--
67TianguistencoState of Mexico6304.0--
Mexico City megalopolis18519,554.3--