Miraflores is the name of several places in
Spanish
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-speaking countries. It means "behold the flowers" or "flowers view" from ''mirar'' ("to look at, to watch") and ''flores'' ("flowers").
Places
;Caribbean
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Miraflores, Distrito Nacional, a sector in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Miraflores, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio
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Miraflores, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 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
Marbella ( , , ) is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the r ...
, 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 mete ...
, 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
, motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil
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, Ecuador
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Miraflores District, Lima
Miraflores is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. It is a residential and upscale shopping district south of downtown Lima. It is also one of the most affluent districts that make up the city of Lima. It has several hotels (including the Hil ...
, one of the 43 subdivisions of the city of Lima, Peru
;United States
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Miraflores, California, 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
Aureliano Urrutia, Sr. (6 June 1872 – 14 August 1975) was a Mexican-born physician. He served as the Minister of Interior under Victoriano Huerta in Mexico but subsequently spent most of his life and career in the United States.
Biogra ...
that is now an annex of Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas
Structures
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Miraflores Charterhouse
Miraflores Charterhouse ( es, Cartuja de Miraflores) is an Isabelline style charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery of the Order of the Carthusians, built on a hill (known as Miraflores) about three kilometres from the center of the Spanish city of ...
, 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
The ''Palacio de Miraflores'' (Spanish for Miraflores Palace) is the official residence of the President of Venezuela. It is located on Urdaneta Avenue, Libertador Bolivarian Municipality in Caracas.
History Construction and decoration
Co ...
, in Caracas, the official workplace of the President of Venezuela
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Museo Miraflores, 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
The Battle of Miraflores occurred on January 15, 1881 in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru. It was an important battle during the War of the Pacific that was fought between Chile and the forces of Peru. The Chilean army led by Gen. Manuel ...
, in the Miraflores District of Lima, Peru
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CB Miraflores
Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...
, a basketball club in Burgos, Spain
See also
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Miraflores District (disambiguation)
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