Tláhuac
Tláhuac | |
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Aerial view of Tláhuac | |
Location of Tláhuac within Mexico City | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Federal entity | Mexico City |
| Established | 1928 |
| Named after | Cuitláhuac |
| Seat | Av. Tláhuac and Nicolás Bravo, Barrio La Asunción, Tláhuac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Berenice Hernández Calderón (MORENA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.45 km2 (32.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 392,313 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Area code | 55 |
| Website | tlahuac.cdmx.gob.mx |
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Tláhuac is a borough (demarcación territorial) in Mexico City, located in the southeastern edge of the entity. Though Tláhuac still contains rural communities within its borders, mostly in the southern and eastern portions, the borough has undergone a massive shift from urbanization, especially in its northwest. Tláhuac has experienced the fastest rate of population growth in Mexico City since the 1960s.
Much of the area is former lakebed where Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco met, with the town of San Pedro Tláhuac originally on an island. There are still some lake areas along with four major canals and wetlands, also under conservation status. The urbanization has led to serious traffic and transportation problems as well as the completion of Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro in 2012, which a terminal in the borough.