Altamira
Altamira is a neighborhood located in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela. It has its own Metro Station, many hotels and restaurants, and it is an important business and residential center of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kinori, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood located in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela
- Also known as: “Altamira, Caracas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centro San Ignacio and Embassy of Japan.
Centro San Ignacio
Shopping center
Photo: Csialdia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centro San Ignacio is a Venezuelan shopping mall and office complex which opened in September 1998. It won recognition for Latin American contemporary architecture with the Mies van der Rohe Award that year.
Embassy of Japan
Government office
Photo: Jorge Casasnovas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Embassy of Japan is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Castellana and Los Palos Grandes.
La Castellana
Suburb
Photo: Csialdia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Castellana is a district in Caracas, Venezuela, located in the northeast part of the city, La Castellana is bordered on the south by Chacao, on the east by Altamira neighbourhood, on the west by Caracas Country Club and Campo Alegre neighbourhood and on the north by El Ávila National Park.
Los Palos Grandes
Suburb
Altamira
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Chacao Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.50547° or 10° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-66.85071° or 66° 51′ 3″ westElevation
927 metres (3,041 feet)Open location code
772MG44X+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 8952237267OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Altamira” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿尔塔米拉 (加拉加斯)”
- Chinese: “阿尔塔米拉”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔米拉 (加拉加斯)”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔米拉”
- Dutch: “Altamira”
- French: “Altamira”
- Russian: “Альтамира (Каракас)”
- Russian: “Альтамира”
- Spanish: “Altamira (Caracas)”
- Spanish: “Altamira”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as El Pedregal and Distribuidor Altamira Norte.
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Highlights include Iglesia Don Bosco and Plaza Don Bosco.
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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 “Altamira”. Photo: Kinori, Public domain.