Mexico Versus Mexico City
For clarity, we've referred to Mexico's capital as Mexico City throughout this guide, though its literal translation "Ciudad de Mexico" is  © 2003 by Rough Guides Ltd. as trustee for its Authors. Published by Rough Guides. All rights reserved. Rough Guides name is a trademark of Rough Guides Ltd. Buy the book here!
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rarely used. To Mexicans it is known simply as Mexico, La Ciudad or El DF (El "day effay") - the Distrito Federal being the administrative zone that contains most of the urban areas. It's a source of infinite confusion to visitors, but the fact is that the country took its name from the city, and "Mexico" in conversation almost always means the latter. The nation is La Republica, or occasionally in speeches La Patria - very rarely is it referred to as Mexico.
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