Simulation of the growth of Mexico City over 700 years, from 1325 to 2025.

 

Cesar Augusto Londoño

@cesaralo

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15h

Translated from Spanish

Simulation of the growth of Mexico City over 700 years, from 1325 to 2025. It was founded as Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco, where they developed advanced engineering with chinampas (artificial islands) for agriculture and dikes to separate fresh and salty waters. After the conquest, the lake was drained. Today it sinks between 10 and 30 centimeters per year.

Simulación del crecimiento de la Ciudad de México durante 700 años, entre
1325 y 2025. Se fundó como Tenochtitlan sobre una isla en el Lago de Texcoco, desarrollaron una ingeniería avanzada con chinampas (islas artificiales) para agricultura y diques para separar aguas dulces y… pic.twitter.com/kAVG9HBhGe

— Cesar Augusto Londoño (@cesaralo) February 1, 2026