Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México, or Distrito Federal) is the capital city of Mexico. It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008. Greater Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) incorporates 59 adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo, according to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments. Secretaria de Desarrollo Metropolitano, México; Delimitación de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México. Retrieved 2009-02-20. Greater Mexico City has a population exceeding 19 million people, making it the second largest metropolitan area in the Americas and the third largest agglomeration in the world. World Urbanization Prospects: 2007 revision. Retrieved 2009-03-01. In 2005, it ranked the eighth in terms of GDP (PPP) among urban agglomerations in the world. Mexico City is a major global city in Latin America and ranked 25th among global cities by Foreign Policy's 2008 Global Cities Index.

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