Central Mexico
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon Borough

Tacubaya

Tacubaya is a working-class area of in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. The colonia Tacubaya and adjacent areas in other colonias are collectively referred to as Tacubaya. sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza, and Ampliación Daniel Garza are also considered part of Tacubaya.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood
  • Also known as: “Colonia Tacubaya”
  • Postal code: 11870

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapultepec and Tacubaya metro station.

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of . "Chapultepec" means "Grasshopper Hill" in Nahuatl, the language of the "Aztecs". The hill and surrounding district has much significance in Mexican history.

Metro station
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Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the borough, west of the city centre. In 2019, the station had a total average ridership of 85,800 passengers per day, making it the fifth busiest station in the network.

Museum
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, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Miguel Chapultepec and Mixcoac.

Quarter
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is a colonia or neighborhood in Delegación Miguel Hidalgo in . Its borders are: The colonia's streets carry the names of generals and governors of Mexico.

Quarter
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is an area of southern which used to be a separate town and municipality within the Mexican Federal District until it was made part of Mexico City proper in 1928.

Neighborhood
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or La is an area in the borough of , south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square.

Tacubaya

Latitude
19.40085° or 19° 24′ 3″ north
Longitude
-99.18769° or 99° 11′ 16″ west
Elevation
2,274 metres (7,461 feet)
Open location code
76F2CR26+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9041880100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
3516435
Wiki­data ID
Q1026427
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Tacubaya” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տակուբայա”
  • Catalan: “Tacubaya”
  • Cebuano: “Tacubaya”
  • Chinese: “塔庫巴亞”
  • Dutch: “Tacubaya”
  • French: “Tacubaya”
  • German: “Tacubaya”
  • Hebrew: “טאקובאיה”
  • Indonesian: “Tacubaya”
  • Italian: “Tacubaya”
  • Japanese: “タクバヤ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tacubaya”
  • Norwegian: “Tacubaya”
  • Polish: “Tacubaya”
  • Portuguese: “Tacubaya”
  • Russian: “Такубайя”
  • Spanish: “Tacubaya”
  • Swedish: “Tacubaya, Mexico City”
  • Swedish: “Tacubaya”
  • Tamil: “இட்டாக்குபையா”
  • Welsh: “Tacubaya”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tacubaya”. Photo: Henryficar, CC BY-SA 4.0.