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Mexico City (Distrito Federal) is a megapolis that has been growing in the last 70 years and has become one of the most populated cities in the world, with approximately 22 million inhabitants in a surface of 1,479 km2 (INEGI, 1991a; Losada et al., 1997). Population growth in the vicinity of the city has been boosted by people from the poor rural areas who moved to the city with the hope to find a better way of life. These areas in the vicinity of Mexico city are called conurban municipalities of the city and belong to the Estado de Mexico which has actually been included as part of the metropolitan area of Mexico City, with a surface of 8,000 km2 (INEGI, 1991b). However, despite the urbanization of the area, this new city has kept its cultural traditions and methods of animal production, adapting them to the conditions prevailing in a city environment.
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