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The tale of Mexico City's founding is almost as interesting as the current city itself. The city has been controlled by a number of different rulers and nations. Not only is Mexico City the oldest city (founded in 1325) on the North American continent but also the highest, at 7,350 feet (NY Times). With estimated 25million inhabitants, it is also the most populous city in the western hemisphere. A lot of actions have strung themselves together, to get the second largest city in the world, in the state that it is in today.
There is an old tale that appears to be common knowledge amongst historians about how the nomadic Aztecs settled on what we would come to know today as Mexico City. On their search for the promise land they received prophecies saying that they would know the spot to settle when they encountered an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus holding a snake in its beak (NY Times). In the year 1325 they came across just such an experience in the valley of Mexico......

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