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Most Mexican cities have a central plaza flanked by the church and government buildings. Variously named, the plaza is usually referred to as the "zócalo." The most famous is the huge zócalo in Mexico City, which sits exactly over the main plaza of Tenochtitlan. (Hispanicized Nahuatl word; pronounced SOH-kah-loh)