The Acuario Inbursa is an
aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
in the
Nuevo Polanco area of
Miguel Hidalgo district,
Mexico City.
It is the largest in Mexico with 3500 square meters of exhibition space and 1.6 million liters of ocean water. The project of billionaire
Carlos Slim, it cost 250 million
Mexican pesos, or 19 million
US dollars, to build. It opened in June 2014 with 3000 animals of 230 different species, with plans by the end of the year to have 10,000 animals of over 300 species.
The building has 5 stories of which 4 are underground. Some Mexican press articles claim the aquarium as the largest in Latin America,
however the
Dominican Republic's
National Aquarium There are several institutions known as the National Aquarium:
Africa
* National Marine Aquarium of Namibia
Asia
* National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Taiwan
Europe
* National Aquarium Denmark
* National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, Eng ...
is much larger at 34,500
m2.
References
External links
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{{Zoos of Mexico
Aquaria in Mexico
Landmarks in Mexico City
Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
Museums in Mexico City