Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,247 metres. Álvaro Obregón is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cooperativa Biatlón, as well as near El Paraíso.

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Alvaro Obregon” and “Fraccionamiento Popular Álvaro Obregón”
Postal code: 09230

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guelatao metro station and Peñón Viejo metro station.

Guelatao metro station

Metro station

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Guelatao metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in the city's borough of Iztapalapa. It is an at-grade stop that serves Line A between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo, servicing the colonias of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores.

Peñón Viejo metro station

Metro station

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Peñon Viejo is a station along Line A of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Santa Martha Acatitla Norte and Colonia Santa Martha Acatitla Sur neighborhoods of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.

Tepalcates metro station

Metro station

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Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santiago Acahualtepec and Iztapalapa.

Santiago Acahualtepec

Town

Santiago Acahualtepec is one of the natives towns in Iztapalapa, located east of Mexico City. It currently borders the town of Santa Martha Acatitla; with the colonias 1st and 2nd Ampliación of Santiago Acahualtepec, Miguel de la Madrid, Ixtlahuacán, and Lomas de Zaragoza, which were part of the farming lands of the natives of the town of Santiago. Santiago Acahualtepec is situated 4 km southeast of Álvaro Obregón.

Iztapalapa

Photo: Pancho Cárdenas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Iztapalapa is in the eastern part of Mexico City. It is a rough and tumble area that is the most populous borough in the city, as well as the poorest, and most crime-ridden.