Name of Mexico to the formation of the Mexican Republic which formally is known as the United Mexican States. Complications arose with the capital's former colloquial and semi-official name "Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal (Mexico, D.F.)", which appears on postal addresses and is frequently cited in the media, thus creating a duplication whereas the shortened name was "Mexico, D.F., Mexico". Legally, the name was Distrito Federal (Federal District or District of the Federation). This ended with the change in statute of Mexico City into a state in 2016. Today it is officially called "Ciudad de México, México" abbreviated CDMX, Mexico. The official name
's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch 's-Hertogenbosch (, literally "The Duke's Forest" in English, and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc ), colloquially known as Den Bosch (, literally "The Forest" in English), is a city and municipality in the Southern Netherlands with a population of 152,968. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant. The city's official name is a contraction of the Dutch "des Hertogen bosch"—"the Duke's forest". The duke in question was Duke Henry I of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He founded a new town located on some forested dunes