Miraflores is the name of several places in
Spanish-speaking countries. It means "behold the flowers" or "flowers view" from ''mirar'' ("to look at, to watch") and ''flores'' ("flowers").
Places
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Miraflores, Distrito Nacional
Miraflores is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. This neighborhood is populated in particular by individuals from the upper middle class
In sociology, the upper middle class is the social ...
, a sector in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Miraflores, Añasco, Puerto Rico
Miraflores is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 567.
Hurricane Maria
The barrio of Miraflores became inaccessible when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 and caused landslides and ...
, a barrio
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Miraflores, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Miraflores is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,863.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...
, a barrio
;Europe
* Miraflores, a neighbourhood near
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
, Portugal
* Miraflores, a neighbourhood in
Marbella, Spain
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Miraflores de la Sierra
Miraflores de la Sierra is a town and municipality in the northern area of the autonomous Community of Madrid, in central Spain, of c. 6,000 inhabitants, located 49 kilometers away from Madrid.
History
Miraflores de la Sierra, formerly known as P ...
, a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain
* Miraflores, a neighbourhood and train station in
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
, Spain
;Mexico
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Miraflores, Baja California Sur Miraflores is a small town in the Municipality of Los Cabos (Baja California Sur). Miraflores is located about 45 miles north of San Jose del Cabo, 2 km west of Highway 1, just to the east of the Sierra de la Laguna. Miraflores is 220 meters ...
, a town in the municipality of Los Cabos, Mexico
;South America
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Miraflores, Catamarca
Miraflores (Catamarca) is a village and municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America ...
, a village and municipality in Argentina
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Miraflores, Chaco
Miraflores is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers a ...
, a village and municipality in Argentina
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Miraflores Private Neighborhood, in
Garín, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Miraflores, La Paz
Miraflores is a neighborhood of La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia. It is located in the east of the city center. Miraflores has as its main attractions the Botanical Garden, Miraflores, Botanical Garden, Busch Avenue, La Paz, Busch Avenue, Vill ...
, in Bolivia
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Miraflores (Chile), a residential suburb in
Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...
, Valparaíso Region, Chile
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Miraflores, Guaviare
Miraflores is a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department, Colombia. The municipality was created on February 8, 1990. In August 1998 a Colombian National Police Base was overrun by the FARC guerrillas and later rebuilt and reoccupied in Fe ...
, a town and municipality in Colombia
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Miraflores, Boyacá
Miraflores is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Lengupá Province
The Lengupá Province is a province of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The province is formed by 6 municipalities.
Ety ...
, a town and municipality in Colombia
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Miraflores (Ecuador)
Ambato (; full form, San Juan de Ambato; Quechuan languages, Quechua: Ampatu Llaqta) is a city located in the central Andes, Andean valley of Ecuador. Lying on the banks of the Ambato River (Ecuador), Ambato River, the city also sits beneath sever ...
, a residential quarter in Ambato, Ecuador
* Miraflores, a city sector of
Guayaquil
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, Ecuador
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Miraflores District, Lima, one of the 43 subdivisions of the city of Lima, Peru
;United States
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Miraflores, California
Miraflores is a former unincorporated community now part of the city of Anaheim in Orange County, in the U.S. state of California.
Miraflores is 150 feet above sea level.
History
Miraflores is a name derived from Spanish meaning "behold the flowe ...
, a community inside of
Anaheim
Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most p ...
* Miraflores Park, Texas, the historic garden of
Aureliano Urrutia that is now an annex of Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas
Structures
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Miraflores Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery in Burgos, Spain
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Miraflores (Panama)
Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal, and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel Locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) in t ...
, a lock in the Panama canal
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Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela
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Museo Miraflores
The Museo Miraflores is an archaeological museum in Guatemala City, dedicated to the display of artefacts from the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu. The museum is open from Tuesday through to Sunday.
The museum was founded in 2002.Herrera 2011. ...
, an archeological museum in Guatemala City
Other uses
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Miraflores Altarpiece
''The Miraflores Altarpiece'' (or ''Triptych of the Virgin'', or ''The Altar of Our Lady'' or the ''Mary Altarpiece'') is a c. 1442-5 oil-on-oak wood panel altarpiece by the Early Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden, in the Gemäldegaleri ...
, a 15th-century triptych painted by Rogier van der Weyden
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Battle of Miraflores, in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru
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CB Miraflores, a basketball club in Burgos, Spain
See also
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Miraflores District (disambiguation)
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