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Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc (), named after the 16th-century Aztec ruler Cuauhtémoc, is a Boroughs of Mexico City, borough () of Mexico City. It contains the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire urban core of Mexico City in the 1920s. Cuauhtémoc is the historic and cultural center of the capital, although it is not the geographical center. While it ranks only sixth in population, it generates about a third of the entire city's GDP, mostly through commerce and services. It is home to the Mexican Stock Exchange, the important tourist attractions of the historic center of Mexico City, historic center and Zona Rosa, Mexico City, Zona Rosa, and various skyscrapers, such as the Torre Mayor and the Mexican headquarters of HSBC. It also contains numerous museums, libraries, government offices, Traditional fixed markets in Mexico, markets, and other commercial centers, which can bring in as many as 5 million people each day to work, shop, or visit cultural sites. This area has ...
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Colonia Morelos
Colonia Morelos is a colonia (Mexico), colonia located just north of the historic center of Mexico City in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough. It has been a poor area since Aztec times, with many residents today living in large tenements called vecindades. The area, particularly the Tepito neighborhood, is known for crime, especially the sale of stolen merchandise and drugs. It is home to the very large Tepito tianguis or market, and also has two major places of worship dedicated to Santa Muerte. Description The boundaries of the colonia are defined by the following streets: Canal del Norte on the north, Paseo de la Reforma on the west, Eje 1 Norte Heroes de Granaditas on the south and Eje 1 Oriente Av. Del Trabajador on the east. The colonia, especially the Tepito neighborhood, is known as a high crime area in Mexico City. It is known for the handling and selling of stolen merchandise as well as drug dealing, mostly of marijuana. According to a city statistics, 14.45% o ...
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Boroughs Of Mexico City
Boroughs () are the subdivisions of Mexico City, the capital city and a federative entity of Mexico. As of , there are 16 boroughs in Mexico City. Each borough is headed by a borough mayor (), which makes it colloquially known as . The traditional center of Mexico City comprises four boroughs: Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City , Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City , Miguel Hidalgo, and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City , Venustiano Carranza. Mexico City is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico, with the others being the 31 states of Mexico, states. It was named (Federal District) until February 5, 2016, when it was officially renamed the . According to the 2020 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, Mexican census, it is the States of Mexico, second most populated entity with inhabitants and the States of Mexico, smallest by land area, spanning . Despite containing the word "city", it is not governed as a city but as a unit consist ...
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Zócalo
Zócalo () is the common name of the town square, main square in central Mexico City. Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, colonial period, it was the main ceremonial center in the Aztecs, Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. The plaza used to be known simply as the "Main Square" (''Plaza Mayor'') or "Arms Square" (''Plaza de Armas''), and today its formal name is Plaza de la Constitución (''Constitution Square''). This name does not come from any of the Constitution of Mexico, Mexican constitutions that have governed the country but rather from the Spanish Constitution of 1812, Cádiz Constitution, which was signed in Spain in the year 1812. Even so, it is almost always called the ''Zócalo'' today. Plans were made to erect a column as a monument to Mexican War of Independence, independence, but only the base, or ''zócalo'' (meaning "plinth"), was built. The plinth was buried long ago, but the name has lived on. Many other Mexican towns and cities, such as Oaxaca, Oaxaca ...
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Instituto Nacional De Antropología E Historia
The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, ''National Institute of Anthropology and History'') is a Federal government of the United Mexican States, Mexican federal government bureau established in 1939 to guarantee the research, preservation, protection, and promotion of the prehistoric, Archaeology, archaeological, Anthropology, anthropological, History, historical, and Paleontology, paleontological heritage of Mexico. Its creation has played a key role in preserving the Culture of Mexico, Mexican cultural heritage. Its current national headquarters are housed in the Palace of the Marqués del Apartado. INAH and the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) are tasked with cataloging and protecting monuments and buildings regarded as cultural patrimony. INAH is entrusted with 'archaeological' (pre-Hispanic and paleontological) and 'historical' (post-Conquest 16th to 19th centuries) structures, zones and remnants, while INBAL is entrusted with 'ar ...
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Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes
The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, ), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural activities (both at the political and the educational level) in the country. On November 23, 1946, president Miguel Alemán Valdés proposed the creation of the INBA, and it was formally opened on 1 January 1947, as a branch of the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). The first head of the INBA was Carlos Chávez, who created a new orchestra for the Conservatory, the current Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. The institute includes many departments, artistic ensembles, three national centers for storage of the literary stock, 29 schools and further institutions. The school of design and handicrafts was founded by José Chávez Morado in 1962. One of the important services the institute provides for the nation is to protect, along with the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Histor ...
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Colonia Buenos Aires
Colonia Buenos Aires is a colonia (Mexico), colonia of the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough located south of the historic center of Mexico City. This colonia is primarily known for its abundance of dealers selling used car parts, and an incident when six youths were executed by police. About half of the colonia's residents make a living from car parts, but these businesses have a reputation for selling stolen merchandise. The colonia is also home to an old cemetery established by Maximilian I of Mexico, Maximilian I, which has a number of fine tombs and sculptures. Location The neighborhood is bordered by: *Eje vial#Eje 3 Sur, Eje 3 Sur Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto on the north, across which is Colonia Doctores *Eje vial#Eje 1 Poniente, Eje 1 Poniente Cuauhtémoc on the west, across which is Colonia Roma, Colonia Roma Sur *Viaducto Miguel Alemán on the south, across which is Colonia Narvarte, Colonia Piedad Narvarte and Colonia Atenor Salas *Eje Central, Eje Central Lázaro C� ...
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Colonia Exhipódromo De Peralvillo
Colonia may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Colonia (music group), a Croatian dance music group * ''Colonia'' (Autopsia album), 2002 * ''Colonia'' (A Camp album), 2009 * ''Colonia'' (film), a 2015 historical romantic thriller Places *Colonia (Roman), a Roman Empire outpost in conquered territory to secure it, and later the highest status of Roman city *Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay **Colonia Department *Colonia, Federated States of Micronesia *Colonia, New Jersey, U.S. * Colonia, Oxnard, California, U.S. *Colonia, Tritenii de Jos, Cluj County, Romania *Colonia (Mexico), a type of neighborhood in a Mexican city *Colonia (United States), a type of community along the U.S.–Mexico border *Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the Roman colony from which the German city of Cologne developed Other uses *Colonia (Madeira), a historical property law regime law unique to Madeira *Colonia (surname), including a list of people with the name * ''Colonia'' (ship), a cable vessel that w ...
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Colonia Guerrero, Mexico City
Colonia Guerrero is a colonia of Mexico City located just north-northwest of the historic center. Its borders are formed by Ricardo Flores Magón to the north, Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas and Paseo de la Reforma to the east, Eje1 Poniente Guerrero to the west and Avenida Hidalgo to the south. The colonia has a long history, beginning as an indigenous neighborhood in the colonial period called Cuepopan. The origins of the modern colonia begin in the first half of the 19th century, but most of its development occurred as a residential area in the late 19th and early 20th. Over the 20th century, several rail lines and major arteries were built through here, changing its character Cuauhtémoc borough. It is home to two early colonial era churches, the Franz Mayer Museum and one Neo-Gothic church from the Porfirian era. Location The neighborhood is bordered by: *Av. Ricardo Flores Magón on the north, across which is Tlatelolco * Eje 1 Poniente Guerrero on the west, across which is ...
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Colonia Valle Gómez
Colonia Valle Gómez is a colonia or neighborhood in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City, just north of the city’s historic center. The boundaries of the colonia are marked by the following streets:H.Congreso de la Unión to the east, Ferrocarril Hidalgo to the west, Río Consulado to the north and Platino Street to the south. Schools include Campanitas Preschool (public), Cendi Gdf Mapimi Primary (public), Centro de Estudios Tecnologicos Manchester Technical School (private), Cideco Preschool (private), Felipe Carrillo Puerto Primary (public), and Joaquin Miranda Carreon Primary (private). The colonia was founded in 1894 when Modesto del Valle and Rafael B. Gomez decided to subdivide the land for housing, using their surnames to name the new development. Prior to then, the land was part of an area known as Potrero de la Villa. Legal problems arose with the development as half of the land was located in the Mexico City municipality and the other in the jurisdiction o ...
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Colonia Buenavista
Colonia Buenavista is a colonia or neighbourhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough located northwest of the historic center of Mexico City. What would become the city's main train terminal, Buenavista Station, stood here 1873–1958, and a new Buenavista Station opened in its place in 1961. Though there is no longer intercity passenger service to or from Mexico City, the station is still the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail line, in a complex together with a major shopping mall, the Forum Buenavista. The colonia is also home to the offices of the Cuauhtémoc borough and the mega José Vasconcelos Library. Location The neighborhood is bordered by: *Av. Ricardo Flores Magón to the north, across which is Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco * Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the west, across which is Santa María la Ribera *Av. Puente de Alvarado to the south, across which is Colonia Tabacalera * Eje 1 Poniente Guerrero to the east, across which is Colonia Guerrero Descri ...
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Centro Urbano Benito Juárez
The Centro Urbano Benito Juárez, more commonly called the Multifamiliar Juárez, was a large apartment complex built on the southeast section of Colonia Roma, Mexico City in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was one of several projects of this type by architect Mario Pani, designed to be semi-autonomous and incorporate as much outdoors space as possible. It also featured one of the largest mural works of the 20th century by artist Carlos Mérida. Most of the complex, and the mural work with it, were destroyed by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the demolition of many of the damaged buildings. Only a few of the original buildings still remain. Despite this, the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough in which it is located still lists it as a separate Colonia (Mexico), colonia or neighborhood. Planning and construction The land was the site of the former Estadio Nacional, which was built in 1924 to serve not only as a sports stadium but as a political venue as well. Presidents P ...
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Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco
The Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco (officially ''Conjunto Urbano Presidente López Mateos'') is the largest apartment complex in Mexico, and second largest in North America, after New York's Co-op City, Bronx, Co-op City. The complex is located in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It was built in the 1960s by architect Mario Pani. Originally, the complex had 102 apartment buildings, with its own schools, hospitals, stores and more, to make it a city within a city. It was also created to be a kind of human habitat and includes artwork such as murals and green spaces such as the Santiago Tlatelolco Garden. Today, the complex is smaller than it was and in a state of deterioration, mostly due to the effects and after effects of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. This quake caused the immediate collapse of the Nuevo León building with others being demolished in the months afterwards. Further earthquakes in 1993 caused the condemnation of more buildings. In add ...
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