Ka cika wannan jumla: Babban birnin Mexico shi ne babban birni mafi tsufa a Amirka kuma ɗaya ne cikin birane biyu da 'yan ƙasar suka kafa. Birnin ya fara ne a tsibirin Tekun Texcoco da Aztecs suka gina a 1325 a matsayin Tenochtitlan, wanda kusan ya lalace gaba daya a 1521
Siege 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.