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UAM Iztapalapa
UAM Iztapalapa is one of the five academic units of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. UAM Iztapalapa is located in the eastern portion of the city and was founded on September 30, 1974. It offers 26 undergraduate and 27 graduate degrees. History The UAM Iztapalapa began operations on September 30, 1974. Alonso Fernández González was the first rector. Physical plant UAM Iztapalapa was the first unit of the university to begin construction, which was planned in six phases. The first and second phases included classroom buildings C and D, rectory building A, and laboratory building R. The third phase, built in 1975, added the H building for social sciences and humanities; the fourth phase added the health sciences building S and maintenance building Q. In 1982, construction on phase 5 got underway, adding the Basic Sciences and Engineering building T, classroom building B, library L, storage facilities O and U, and the Sala Cuicacalli (G). This phase alone ...
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Public University
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya ...
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Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes it one of the most productive urb ...
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Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
The Metropolitan Autonomous University ( Spanish: ''Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana'') also known as UAM, is a Mexican public university. Founded in 1974 with the support of then-President Luis Echeverria Alvarez, the institution aims to be closely linked to the social and human environment. As an autonomous university, UAM is a public agency of the Mexican government.Article 3 of the Organic Law of the UAM It has five academic units located in Mexico City and Greater Mexico City: Azcapotzalco, in north, Iztapalapa, in east, Cuajimalpa, in west, Xochimilco, in south, and Lerma in State of Mexico.), The institution is among the top academic universities in Mexico. In 2019, it ranked first among both public and private institution, was second in the number of full-time research professors with doctorates, according to the Comparative Study of Mexican Universities (''Estudio Comparativo de Universidades Mexicanas''); having the second largest number of built in Nationa ...
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XHUAM-FM
XHUAM-FM, known as UAM Radio, is the radio station of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, established in 2011. History Single-frequency network UAM Radio originally broadcast on 94.1 FM from five 20-watt transmitters at various UAM facilities, each of which is located at a different UAM facility in Mexico City: *XHUAMR-FM at the General Rectory, which houses the studio facilities *XHUAMA-FM at the Unidad Azcapotzalco *XHUAMC-FM at the Unidad Cuajimalpa *XHUAMI-FM at the Unidad Iztapalapa *XHUAMX-FM at the Unidad Xochimilco It is estimated that the transmitter network covered 70% of Mexico City. The permits for these stations were awarded by Cofetel on January 27, 2010. The network signed on March 11, 2011, bringing the 94.1 FM frequency back to use in Mexico City for the first time since the closure of XHFM-FM in 1957. Conversion to a single transmitter In July 2017, the Federal Telecommunications Institute authorized UAM Radio to begin using one transmitter, from ...
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1974 Establishments In Mexico
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the ...
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