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became the basic entity of the administrative organization of New Spain and the Spanish Empire. The first city council in Mexico was established by Hernán Cortés in 1519 in Veracruz; it was also the first in the American mainland. Settlements located in strategic locations received the status of ciudad (the highest status within the Empire, superior to that of villas and pueblos) and

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