Arenal

Arenal is a neighborhood in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City and has an elevation of 2,242 metres. Arenal is situated nearby to the neighborhood Patrimonio Familiar, as well as near Colonia La Raza.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Colonia El Arenal” and “El Arenal”
Postal code: 02980

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’ and Monumento a la Raza.

Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’

Forest

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Centro de Estudios Científicos y Tecnológicos No. 6 ‘Miguel Othón de Mendizábal’ is a forest.

Monumento a la Raza

Monument

Photo: Tbhotch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Monumento a la Raza is a 50-meter high pyramid in northern Mexico City. It stands at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes, Circuito Interior and Calzada Vallejo, within the Cuauhtémoc borough.

Multiforo Cultural Alicia

Theater building

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Multiforo Cultural Alicia is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Santa María Insurgentes and Tlatelolco.

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.

Tlatelolco

Quarter

Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.

Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century.