Ka cika wannan jumlar: Mutanen Mexica sun kafa Tenochtitlan a shekara ta 1325 a matsayin "altepetl" (birni-jihar) da ke tsibiri a Tafkin Texcoco, a Kwarin Mexico. Ya zama babban birnin fadada Aztec Empire a karni na 15, har sai
Mutanen Espanya sun kama shi a shekara ta 1521. A lokacin da ta fi girma, ita ce birni mafi girma a cikin Amurkawa na Pre-Columbian. Daga baya ya zama "cabecera" na Viceroyalty na New Spain. A yau, kango na Tenochtitlan yana tsakiyar birnin Mexico.