Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - babban birnin Mexico shine birni mafi tsufa a cikin Amurka kuma ɗayan biyu da 'yan asalin suka kafa. Birnin ya fara ne a tsibirin Tekun Texcoco da Aztecs a 1325 a matsayin Tenochtitlan, wanda kusan ya lalace gaba daya a cikin Siege na 1521 na Tenochtitlan
kuma daga baya aka sake tsara shi kuma aka sake gina shi daidai da ƙa'idodin biranen Spain. A shekara ta 1524, an kafa garin Mexico City, wanda aka sani da, kuma daga 1585, an san shi a matsayin (Mexico City). Mexico City ita ce cibiyar siyasa, gudanarwa, da kuma cibiyar kuɗi na babban ɓangaren daular mulkin mallaka ta Spain. Bayan samun 'yancin kai daga Spain, an kirkiro gundumar tarayya a 1824.