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Also Known As Royal and Pontifical University • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • UNAM
Date 1551 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Claudia Sheinbaum • Andrés Manuel López Obrador • Carlos Slim Helú • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas • José López Portillo • Carlos Salinas de Gortari • Sergio Pitol • Luis Echeverría Álvarez • Fernando del Paso • Miguel de la Madrid • Luis Zapata

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Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, with murals by Juan O'Gorman.
David Alfaro Siqueiros: mural on Central Administration Building at University City
Mexico City: Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
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