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The Aztecs founded Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco in 1325

Mexica settlers built an island capital with causeways, aqueducts, and gardens

According to historical accounts, the Mexica people founded Tenochtitlan in 1325 upon seeing an eagle perched on a cactus on a small marshy island in Lake Texcoco. Through chinampa raised-bed agriculture, stone aqueducts, and wide causeways, Tenochtitlan grew into a metropolis of over 200,000 residents.

Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan CDMX10 — Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Mexica settlers built an island capital with causeways, aqueducts, and gardens. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.