In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as colonias. One theory suggests that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was built by a French immigrant colony. Unlike neighborhoods in the United States, colonias in Mexico City have a specific name which is used in all official documents and postal addresses. Usually, colonias are assigned a specific postal code; nonetheless, in recent urban developments, gated communities are also defined as colonias, yet they share the postal code with adjacent neighborhoods. When writing a postal address the name of the colonia must be specified followed by the postal code and preceding the name of the city. For example:

Calle Dakota 145

Colonia Nápoles

Alc. Benito Juárez

03810 Ciudad de México

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Some of the better known colonias include:

• Bosques de las Lomas - Upscale residential neighborhood and business center.
• Centro - Covers the historic downtown (centro histórico) of Mexico City.
• Condesa - Twenties post-Revolution neighborhood.
• Roma - Beaux Arts neighbourhood next to Condesa, one of the oldest in Mexico City.
• Colonia Juarez - includes the Zona Rosa area, a gay friendly shopping area
• Coyoacán - Town founded by Cortés swallowed by the city in the 1950s, countercultural neighborhood in downtown.
• Del Valle - Upscale residential neighborhood and cradle of José López Portillo and many other important people in Mexican history.
• Jardines del Pedregal - Upscale residential neighborhood with works notable architect by Luis Barragán
• Lomas de Chapultepec - Upscale residential neighborhood and business center
• Nápoles - home of the World Trade Center Mexico City and the iconic Midcentury monument the Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros.
• San Ángel - Historic residential and shopping area.
• Santa Fe - Financial, business district and upscale residential neighborhood.
• Polanco - Shopping, business and tourist area.
• Tepito - Popular flea market, home to many boxers and street gangs.
• Tlatelolco - Site of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. High-density neighborhood.

A list of colonias (neighborhoods) in Mexico City by borough:

Cuauhtémoc

The neighborhoods of the Cuahtémoc borough of Mexico City are:

More information Colonia, Population as of 2010 ...

Colonia	Population as of 2010	Map
Algarín	5,556
Ampliación Asturias	5,708
Asturias	4,364
Atlampa	14,433
Buenavista	15,605
Buenos Aires	5,772
Centro	61,229
Condesa	8,453
Cuauhtémoc	11,399
Doctores	44,703
Esperanza	4,072
Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo	11,711
Felipe Pescador	1,988
Guerrero	42,339
Hipódromo	13,572
Hipódromo Condesa	3,204
Juárez	10,184
Maza	2,503
Morelos	36,590
Obrera	35,224
Paulino Navarro	5,307
Peralvillo	20,213
Roma Norte	27,770
Roma Sur	17,435
San Rafael	19,684
San Simón Tolnáhuac	9,885
Santa María Insurgentes	1,480
Santa María la Ribera	40,960
Tabacalera	3,267
Tránsito	9,720
Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco	27,843
Valle Gómez	6,281
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