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It was named Distrito Federal (Federal District) until February 5, 2016, when it was officially renamed the Ciudad de México. [2] According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the second most populated entity with 9,209,944 inhabitants and the smallest by land area, spanning 1,494.3 square kilometres (577.0 sq mi). [3] [4]
Secretariat of Communications and Transportation building Former Secretariat building, Calle Tacuba. The forerunner of the modern-day SCT was created in 1891 under President Porfirio Díaz and was known as the Secretariat of Communications (Secretaría de Comunicaciones); its first incumbent as secretary was Manuel González Cosío.
Originally named Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal and owned by the then-Mexican Federal District government, STE was created on 31 December 1946 to replace the privately run Compañía de Tranvías de México (Mexico City Tramways Company), [5] operator of the city's tramway/streetcar network. However, it did not ...
The Federal District Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Distrito Federal, commonly called Metrô DF) is the rapid transit system of the Federal District, in Brazil.It is operated by Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal and was opened in 2001. [3]