Mexico City
Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico. This valley is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the high plateaus of south-central Mexico. It has a minimum altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that reach elevations of over 5,000 meters (16,000 feet). This valley has no natural drainage outlet for the waters that flow from the mountainsides, making the city vulnerable to flooding. Drainage was engineered through the use of canals and tunnels starting in the 17th century.
The oldest signs of human occupation in Mexico City area are those of the "Peñon woman" and others found in San Bartolo Atepehuacan (Gustavo A. Madero), and were believed to correspond to the lower Cenolithic period (9500-7000 BC). however, recent studies place its age at 12,700 years, she is one of the Americas' oldest human remains, and its origin due to its mitochondrial DNA, can be Asian, or Caucasian having an appearance like Western European whites, or Australian.
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