SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Why Mexico is considered to be a Primate City. Because it is the largest city and the political, cultural, and economic center or Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mexico City is an example of a primate city because it is disproportionately larger than other Mexican cities and dominates the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico City is a primate city because its population is close to 5 times of the population of the next largest city, Guadalajara. The rank-size rule states that the nth largest city of a country has 1/n the population of the largest city.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tenochtitlán, ancient capital of the Aztec empire. Located at the site of modern Mexico City, it was founded c. 1325 in the marshes of Lake Texcoco. It formed a confederacy with Texcoco and Tlacopán and was the Aztec capital by the late 15th century.