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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 155. Chapters: Mexico City, Washington, D.C., Ottawa, Santo Domingo, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Kingston, Jamaica, Havana, Port-au-Prince, Managua, Guatemala City, Nassau, Bahamas, Nuuk, San Salvador, Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands, Bridgetown, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Port of Spain, Roseau, Basseterre, Castries, St. George's, Grenada, Tegucigalpa, Hamilton, Bermuda, George Town, Cayman Islands, Willemstad, Plymouth, Montserrat, Oranjestad, Aruba, Road Town, The Valley, Anguilla, Kingstown, Cockburn Town, Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Fort-de-France, Basse-Terre, Brades. Excerpt: Mexico City (English pronunciation: Spanish: , or simply D.F. pronounced ) is the Federal District (Distrito Federal), capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole. Mexico City is the country's largest city as well as its most important political, cultural, educational and financial center. As an "alpha" global city Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in North America. It is located in the Valley of Mexico, a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,350 ft). The city consists of sixteen boroughs. The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was around 8.84 million people, and has a land area of 1,485 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the Mexico City metropolitan area population is 21.2 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the fifth largest agglomeration in the world. Mexico City has a gross domestic product (GDP) of $390 billion USD in 2008, making Mexico...
