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'''MejikuMijiku-Tenochtitlan''' ({{Lang-es|'''México-Tenochtitlan'''}}, {{IPA-es|ˈmexiko tenotʃˈtitlan|-|Mexico Tenochtitlan.ogg}}), commonly known as '''Tenochtitlan''' ukham uñt'atawa, (Classical Nahuatl{{lang-nci-IPA|Mēxihco-Tenōchtitlan|meːˈʃíʔ.ko te.noːt͡ʃ.ˈtí.t͡ɬan}}) wasMexica aMexicaukham uñt'atataynawa (city-statemarka), locatedukhamarak onkhaysa anTexcoco island in Lake Texcocoqutankiwa, inMexico theqhirwa Valley of Mexicouraqina. Founded on June 20, 1325, it became the capital of the expanding Aztec Empire in the 15th century,<ref name="tenochtitlan capital">{{cite web|title=Tenochtitlán, la capital azteca|url=http://www.historiang.com/articulo.jsp?id=1606479|publisher=''www.historiang.com''|accessdate=8 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322114848/http://www.historiang.com/articulo.jsp?id=1606479|archivedate=March 22, 2012}}</ref> until it was captured by the Spanish in 1521.
At its peak it was the largest city in the Pre-Columbian [[Awya Yala|Americas]]. It subsequently became a ''cabecera'' of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Today the ruins of Tenochtitlan are located in Mexico City's downtown.
