Native Name: | Departmento Central |
Conventional Long Name: | Central Department |
Common Name: | Central Department |
Status Text: | Subdivision of the Federal District of Mexico |
Year Start: | 1928 |
Year End: | 1941 |
P1: | Mexico (municipality) |
P2: | Tacuba (Mexico) |
P3: | Tacubaya (municipality) |
P4: | Mixcoac (municipality) |
S1: | Mexico City (former) |
The Central Department (Spanish; Castilian: Departamento Central) was an administrative subdivision of the Mexican Federal District. It was formed in 1928 from the former municipalities of Mexico, Tacuba, Tacubaya and Mixcoac. In 1941, the delegaciĆ³n of General Anaya was merged with the Central Department to form Mexico City.