Benito Juárez

Benito Juárez is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,299 metres. Benito Juárez is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia Luis E. Rodríguez Orozco, as well as near El Arbolillo.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Benito Juarez” and “Colonia Benito Juárez”
Postal code: 07250

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tenayuca and Estadio Wilfrido Massieu.

Tenayuca

Archaeological site

Photo: Maunus, Public domain.

Tenayuca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the Valley of Mexico. In the Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, Tenayuca was a settlement on the former shoreline of the western arm of Lake Texcoco. Tenayuca is situated 3 km west of Benito Juárez.

Estadio Wilfrido Massieu

Stadium

Photo: Aaha, Public domain.

Estadio Wilfrido Massieu is an outdoor stadium located north of Mexico City, within the "Adolfo Lopez Mateos" campus of the National Polytechnic Institute. Estadio Wilfrido Massieu is situated 3½ km south of Benito Juárez.

Planetario Luis Enrique Erro

Planetarium

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Planetario Luis Enrique Erro is a planetarium located in Mexico City, owned and operated by the National Polytechnic Institute. It was the first planetarium in Mexico open to the public and is one of the oldest in Latin America. Planetario Luis Enrique Erro is situated 4 km south of Benito Juárez.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Villa de Guadalupe and Azcapotzalco.

La Villa de Guadalupe

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

La Villa de Guadalupe is in the northern part of Mexico City, part of the delegación of Gustavo A. Madero. It is home to the Basílica de Guadalupe complex at the base of Tepeyac Hill, perhaps Roman Catholicism's holiest site in Latin America.

Azcapotzalco

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Azcapotzalco is a district in northwestern Mexico City. Visitors to Mexico City are most likely to come to this area for events at the Arena de Ciudad de Mexico or to visit its well-known parks.