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Colonia del Lago

Colonia del Lago is a neighborhood in , and has an elevation of 2,238 metres. Colonia del Lago is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Also known as: “Colonia Del Lago”
  • Postal code: 03640

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nativitas metro station and Portales metro station.

Metro station
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nativitas is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Nativitas and Colonia Lago neighborhoods of Benito Juárez borough of , directly south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan. It is a surface station.

Metro station
Photo: Ehecatl-c, CC BY 4.0.
Portales is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Albert and Colonia Portales neighborhoods of the Benito Juárez borough of , directly south of the city centre in the median of Calzada de Tlalpan.

Metro station
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villa de Cortés is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of , directly south of the city center on Calzada de Tlalpan. It is a surface station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churubusco and Del Valle.

Quarter
Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood of . It is a part of the borough of . It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". is situated 2½ km south of Colonia del Lago.

Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avenida Insurgentes runs south of the central downtown areas cutting through two large, mostly residential neighborhoods: Colonia and Narvarte.

Quarter
is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. was originally a village dating to before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of . is situated 3½ km southwest of Colonia del Lago.

Colonia del Lago

Latitude
19.3787° or 19° 22′ 43″ north
Longitude
-99.14123° or 99° 8′ 28″ west
Elevation
2,238 metres (7,343 feet)
Open location code
76F29VH5+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9041879472
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
11562025
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