Milpa Alta
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| Country | Mexico | |
| Capital district | Mexico city | |
| surface | 299.2 km² | |
| Residents | 130,582 (2010) | |
| density | 436.5 inhabitants per km² | |
| Website | milpa-alta.df.gob.mx | |
| INEGI no. | 09009 | |
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| Jefe delegacional | Jorge Alvarado Galicia | |
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Coordinates: 19 ° 12 ′ N , 99 ° 1 ′ W
Milpa Alta (German high corn field ) is one of 16 districts ( delegaciones ) of Mexico City (Distrito federal) , which is located in the extreme southeast of the Mexican capital. Although it is the second largest district in terms of area, it also has the fewest inhabitants; because Milpa Alta consists of about 98% forests, arable land and pastures. Thus, the district is of immense importance as a nature reserve for the capital and the city representatives have declared it a protected zone for this reason.
The Delegación Milpa Alta comprises more than 200 localities, six of which have 10,000 and a further four have at least 1,000 inhabitants. The residential areas are mainly concentrated in the northern third of the Delegación. The most populous places are San Antonio Tecómitl , Villa Milpa Alta , San Pedro Oztotepec , San Salvador Cuauhtenco , San Francisco Tecoxpa , Santa Ana Tlacotenco and San Pedro Atocpan .
Within Mexico City, Milpa Alta has the highest proportion of native speakers of the Nahuatl , whose variant spoken here is closest to Classical Aztec . Most of the speakers live in Santa Ana Tlacotenco, San Francisco Tecoxpa, San Pedro Actopan, and San Pablo Oztotepec. The majority of the speakers, however, are of old age, so that the Nahuatl is a strongly threatened language here . The proportion of speakers decreased from 10.1% in 1970 to 7.5% in 1980 and 4.8% in 1990 to 4.5% in 2000. An important factor for this sharp decline is, among other things, that more and more residents were commuting to the city to earn money and so the everyday relationships with communication were no longer given in Nahuatl. Nahuatl is still spoken most in Santa Ana Tlacotenco, namely by 70% of the population in 2000, including some children. In the 1970s, the Academia de Lengua y Cultura Náhuatl was founded in Santa Ana Tlacotenco , which has been offering free lessons in Nahuatl for children from kindergarten age and adults since then. Older people, native Nahuatl speakers, also pass on their knowledge.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Agricultura y tenencia de la tierra de Milpa Alta. Un lugar de identidad (Spanish; article from 2009)
- ↑ El idioma náhuatl está en riesgo de desaparecer por falta de tradición oral, alertan expertos. El Sur de Acapulco, March 18, 2011
- ^ Abraham Carmona Jiménez: Memoria náhuatl de Milpa Alta; el caso de un proyecto educativo autónomo. (Los nahuahablantes de Villa Milpa Alta) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . México DF 2006.
Web links
- Official website of the Delegación Milpa Alta (Spanish)
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Delegación Milpa Alta (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Delegación Milpa Alta (Spanish; PDF)
