Central Mexico
Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc Borough

Angel of Independence

The Angel of Independence, most commonly known by the shortened name El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia, is a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma in downtown .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Angel de la Independencia”, “Columna de la Independencia”, “El Ángel”, and “El Angel de la independencia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Winged Victory and Ecobici 24.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

Bike rental
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is a bike rental.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 300 metres north of Angel of Independence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zona Rosa and Little Seoul.

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is a business and entertainment district located in a portion of Colonia Juárez, near the center of . It is one of the city's most touristy areas, filled with hotels, dance clubs, restaurants, bars and live bands.

Neighborhood
Pequeño Seúl is a Koreatown in Mexico City. Most of the city's Korean population lives in and around the Zona Rosa. According to the newspaper Reforma, there are at least 5,000 Koreans living in Zona Rosa and about 6,000 total in Colonia Juárez, the larger officially recognized neighborhood of which the Zona Rosa is a part of.

Neighborhood
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is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east.

Angel of Independence

Latitude
19.427° or 19° 25′ 37″ north
Longitude
-99.16767° or 99° 10′ 4″ west
Elevation
2,251 metres (7,385 feet)
Open location code
76F2CRGJ+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1420845680
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6458969
Wiki­data ID
Q928541
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Angel of Independence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ملاك الاستقلال”
  • Armenian: “Անկախության հուշարձան”
  • Armenian: “Անկախության հրեշտակ”
  • Catalan: “Monument a la Independència”
  • Chinese: “独立纪念柱”
  • Chinese: “獨立紀念柱”
  • Danish: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Danish: “Monumento a la Independencia”
  • Dutch: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Dutch: “Monument voor de Onafhankelijkheid”
  • Esperanto: “Anĝelo de la Sendependeco”
  • Esperanto: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Finnish: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • French: “Ángel de la Independencia”
  • French: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Georgian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Georgian: “დამოუკიდებლობის ანგელოზი”
  • German: “Columna de la Independencia”
  • German: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Hebrew: “מלאך העצמאות”
  • Hungarian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Hungarian: “Függetlenség-emlékmű”
  • Indonesian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Indonesian: “Malaikat Kemerdekaan”
  • Italian: “Colonna dell’indipendenza”
  • Italian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Japanese: “メキシコ独立記念塔”
  • Japanese: “独立の天使”
  • Japanese: “独立記念碑”
  • Korean: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Korean: “독립기념비”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Norwegian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Portuguese: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Russian: “Ангел независимости”
  • Russian: “Эль-Анхель-Де-Ла-Индепенденсия”
  • Serbian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Serbian: “Анђео независности”
  • Slovenian: “Angel neodvisnosti”
  • Slovenian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Slovenian: “El Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Columna de la Independencia”
  • Spanish: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Spanish: “El Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a la Independencia”
  • Spanish: “Victoria Alada”
  • Swedish: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Swiss German: “Columna de la Independencia”
  • Swiss German: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Turkish: “Bağımsızlık Meleği”
  • Turkish: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Ukrainian: “El Ángel de la Independencia”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангел Незалежності”

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