City tianguis Tianguis

inside tianguis dedicated shoes on grounds of estadio azteca stadium in mexico city

the organization , function of city tianguis same in rural areas; merchandise varies , there problems associated holding type of event in more crowded city. 1 of oldest continually operating tianguis in mexico 1 in cuautitlán, outside mexico city, has been going on every tuesday on 500 years. market established in 1491 chichimecas when area rural , way station between mexico city , points north. since then, cuautitlan has become crowded part of greater mexico city, tianguis still in same place , operated more or less in same manner. market congregates 7,500 vendors various municipalities , states such michoacán, puebla, pachuca , municipalities of northern mexico state. extends on 250,000 m2. there efforts move away center , near municipal border tultitlán, merchants have refused moved.

due change in tastes needs of customers, urban tianguis focus on different merchandise. produce , other basic staples still offered, other items far more manufactured items such electronics, name brand clothing , other wares. relatively few crafts or agricultural items offered in city tianguis. merchandise concentrate on more modern , manufactured items, such clothing, purses, beauty products, electronics , hand appliances. sell audio , video cds, lucrative business, have large loudspeakers playing samples of wares @ high volume.

small tianguis in ecatepec, mexico state

mexico’s 2 largest cities, mexico city , guadalajara, have large number of tianguis employ many people. officially, guadalajara has 143 registered tianguis in city, no new ones approved since 1997. these tianguis have on 40,000 stalls combined. these stalls pay nominal fee of between 2.5 , 3 pesos per square meter right there. half of tianguis in gdl operate once week, 15% every 2 weeks , rest once month. in guadalajara, estimated approximately 95,000 people work in sector.

in mexico city, there 1,066 officially recognized tianguis controlled 600 tianguis associations, each of whom has between forty , 6 hundred members. hundreds of these close entire streets @ least 1 day week. these tianguis employ 130,000 people. these markets regulated secretaria de desarrollo economico , secretaria de economia federal. tianguis vendors located in borough of iztapalapa, make 1 third of total. borough contains 304 tianguis markets convene during week gustave a. madero coming second 160. sunday busiest day tianguis, , tuesday slowest.

the largest tianguis in mexico city san felipe de jesus, located on border of gustavo a. madero , tlalnepantla. market has been in operation on forty years, covers 17 km , has 17,000 merchants, offer wares tuesday saturday. 1 of least governmentally supervised markets due fact stretches on both federal district , state of mexico.

local governments have authority inspect , regulate businesses operate in tianguis. regulations such article 52 of reglamento interior de la administration publica of federal district, supposed regulate when , these events take place inspecting locales , products sale. vendors can removed if exceed limits set, many cities have trouble enforcing this, leading traffic jams. regulation, such checking of scales, , cooking equipment in food stalls, scarce. vendors in tianguis liable under consumer protection laws well. however, many authorities readily admit not have manpower enforce laws , regulations in large, crowded , numerous tianguis, although raids performed sporadically, looking stolen , counterfeit merchandise. stolen merchandise, electronics, , unauthorized cds , dvds largest criminal activity found in tianguis, copying of cds , dvds 1 of lucrative businesses. tianguis sellers can quite sophisticated. according iztalapalpa officials, vendors @ el salado tianguis set shop 4 or 5 in order receive stolen , other merchandise trucks behind unidad habitacional concordia zaragaza housing complex, , use radios communicate , watch out authorities officials claim there @ least ten places in market sell drugs , 2 sell guns. of allegedly stolen merchandise consists of computer equipment , handheld gadgets such ipods. sale of stolen merchandise such popular because can cost half of in legal channels. counterfeit perfumes specialty of tianguis del rosal in colonia los angeles. empty bottles of real merchandise bought vendors , filled counterfeit perfume. profeco, mexico’s consumer protection agency, advises strong caution when shopping in tianguis extremely difficult have been victim of fraud. problem sale of vehicles stolen or illegally imported united states. problem serious enough warrant vigilance of procuraduria general de justicia of mexico city , special warnings profeco. restricted items such medicines, cigarettes , alcohol openly sold. other available restricted merchandise includes fireworks, blades, knives, pornography, endangered species, , smuggled goods. other articles inlclude hoods, tear gas, fake guns, , real guns. medicines government health service can found in el salado, held on wednesdays on calzada zaragosa. patches , uniforms services such city police , firemen, electric company , telmex can found well. lastly, pickpocketing , assault on both merchants , customers not unknown.

map of tianguis occupying neighborhood in san martin texmelucan plans removal

many tianguis have problems in neighborhoods occupy. these events accused of “devouring” streets regulated , non/regulated ones grow , multiply. main problem tianguis merchants spread out wares on sidewalks , other public spaces beyond authorized, blocking pedestrian , vehicular traffic. these places can measure 4 four meters on city streets. monterrey street in del valle neighborhood of mexico city cut 6 lanes 3 lanes on tianguis days. problem block scarce parking space. residents complain noise , odor. lastly, @ end of day after stands taken down , brought home, tons of garbage left behind, , in areas market activity frequent, infrastructure such light poles , sidewalks damaged.

despite problems , despite fact tianguis merchants not pay taxes, rent or services (however bribes paid many city officials) established businesses do, eliminating them or moving them difficult due large number of people employ , firm place in culture. attempts remove illegally placed merchants or move tianguis entirely meet protest. 34 years, area around permanent mercado juarez had been scene of 1 of largest tianguis in city of toluca, operating more or less every day. on weekends, number of vendors high 2,800. more 1,100 police needed forcibly remove 560 stands triangular plaza in front of mercado juarez , 4 blocks surrounding it. prevent vendors returning, entire plaza hoed , large fence installed around plaza. police patrolled , four-block area weeks afterwards. while there no violence, tensions high , there verbal protests. clearing of tianguis done alleviate traffic problems in part of city, vendors offered new space @ site of old airport. in areas, such tepito in mexico city, entire neighborhood employed informal merchants more come in sell. market has long tradition here , largest , vibrant in city in 21st century.