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Cuauhtémoc Borough

Cuauhtémoc is a borough of Mexico City. Named after the 16th-century Aztec ruler Cuauhtémoc, it contains the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire urban core of Mexico City in the 1920s.
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  • Type: Borough with 546,000 residents
  • Description: territorial demarcation of Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Cuauhtemoc”, “Cuauhtémoc”, and “Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapultepec and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.

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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.

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.

Theater building
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The is a prominent cultural center in . It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Zona Rosa.

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The old city center or Histórico of , around the Plaza de la Constitución, is an area clearly different from the rest of the city. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

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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.

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The district of is a residential and restaurant area on both sides of Insurgentes avenue between Viaducto Miguel Alemán in the south and Avenida Chapultepec in the north.

Cuauhtémoc Borough

Latitude
19.4415° or 19° 26′ 29″ north
Longitude
-99.1517° or 99° 9′ 6″ west
Population
546,000
Elevation
2,240 metres (7,349 feet)
Open location code
76F2CRRX+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3114156389
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
8379372
Wiki­data ID
Q645293
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Cuauhtémoc Borough” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կուաուտեմոկ”
  • Basque: “Cuauhtémoc (Mexiko Hiria)”
  • Basque: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Catalan: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Cebuano: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Chinese: “夸乌特莫克区”
  • Chinese: “考乌特莫克联邦区”
  • Chinese: “考烏特莫克聯邦區”
  • Czech: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Dutch: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Dutch: “Opština Cuauhtémoc”
  • French: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Galician: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Georgian: “კუაუტემოკი”
  • German: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Hungarian: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Irish: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Italian: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Italian: “Delegazione Cuauhtémoc”
  • Japanese: “クアウテモク”
  • Ladino: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Latin: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Norwegian: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Portuguese: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Russian: “Куаутемок”
  • Scots: “Cuauhtémoc, Mexico Ceety”
  • Scots: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Serbian: “Кваутемок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cuauhtémoc”
  • Slovenian: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Spanish: “alcaldía Cuauhtémoc”
  • Spanish: “Cuauhtemoc”
  • Spanish: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Spanish: “delegación Cuauhtémoc”
  • Spanish: “Delegación Cuauhtémoc”
  • Swedish: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • Turkish: “Cuauhtémoc, Meksiko”
  • Vietnamese: “Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal”
  • Vietnamese: “Cuauhtémoc”
  • “Cuāuhtemōc”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Buenavista and Colonia Tabacalera.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc and Monument to Christopher Columbus.

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