Eje Central

The Eje Central or Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas is an avenue in the and boroughs of , Mexico. It is part of a system called eje vial of roadways built by Carlos Hank González to modernize Mexico City for improved traffic flow through the city.
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  • Type: Street
  • Description: major avenue in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include La Raza metro station and La Raza.

Metro station
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is a transfer station on the Mexico City Metro in , Mexico City. La Raza is a combined underground and at-grade station divided into two lines. is situated 340 metres southwest of Eje Central.

Bus stop
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is a bus stop, which is situated 280 metres southwest of Eje Central.

Bus stop
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is a bus stop, which is situated 430 metres southwest of Eje Central.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guadalupe Tepeyac and Colonia Santa María Insurgentes.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the . 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.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . 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.

Eje Central

Latitude
19.4702° or 19° 28′ 13″ north
Longitude
-99.13662° or 99° 8′ 12″ west
Elevation
2,237 metres (7,339 feet)
Open location code
76F2FVC7+39
Geo­Names ID
11561257
Wiki­data ID
Q2089512
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Eje Central” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas”
  • Italian: “Asse centrale ‘Lázaro Cárdenas’”
  • Italian: “Asse centrale "Lázaro Cárdenas"”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas”
  • Norwegian: “Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas”
  • Scots: “Eje Central”
  • Spanish: “Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas”
  • Spanish: “Eje Central”
  • Spanish: “EJE CENTRAL”

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