Tacuba
Tacuba is a section of northwest Mexico City. It sits on the site of ancient Tlacopan. Tacuba was an autonomous municipality until 1928, when it was incorporated into the Central Department along with the municipalities of Mexico, Tacubaya and Mixcoac.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: Mexico City colonia
- Also known as: “Colonia Tacuba” and “Tacuba, Mexico City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Comandante Antonio Pimentel and Tacuba metro station.
Tacuba metro station
Metro station
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Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7.
Cuitláhuac metro station
Metro station
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Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuevo Polanco and Polanco.
Nuevo Polanco
Quarter
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Nuevo Polanco is an area of Mexico City formerly consisting of warehouses and factories, bordering the upscale Polanco on the north across Avenida Ejército Nacional. Nuevo Polanco is situated 2½ km southwest of Tacuba.
Polanco
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Polanco refers to an area of Mexico City north of Chapultepec Park. This district is delimited by Paseo de la Reforma to the south, Boulevard Manuel Avila Camacho to the west, Avenida Ejercito Nacional to the north and Avenida Mariano Escobedo to the east.
Colonia Santa María Insurgentes
Neighborhood
Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the Mexico City's historic center. The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west. Colonia Santa María Insurgentes is situated 4 km east of Tacuba.
Tacuba
- Category: colonia of Mexico
- Location: Benito Juárez Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian Bokmål to Swedish—“Tacuba” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tacuba”
- Spanish: “Colonia Tacuba”
- Spanish: “Tacuba”
- Swedish: “Tacuba”
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