La Viga
La Viga is a neighborhood in Mexico City, Central Mexico and has an elevation of 2,242 metres. La Viga is situated nearby to the neighborhood Colonia San Juanico Nextipac, as well as near Colonia El Retoño.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Colonia La Viga”
- Postal code: 09400
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos and Aculco metro station.
Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
Museum
Photo: France N. Roseau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos is a museum.
Aculco metro station
Metro station
Photo: Tbhotch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aculco is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. It is located under the bridge where the Trabajadoras Sociales passes over the Eje 3 Ote in the Colonia Pueblo Aculco neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.
Escuadrón 201 metro station
Metro station
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Escuadrón 201 is a metro station in Mexico City, Mexico. It is located in the city's eastern Iztapalapa borough, close to the intersection of Eje 3 Oriente and Eje 8 Sur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iztapalapa and Churubusco.
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.
Churubusco
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Photo: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Public domain.
Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli". Churubusco is situated 3½ km southwest of La Viga.
Pueblo Culhuacán
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Photo: Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pueblo Culhuacán is an officially designated neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, which used to be a major pre-Hispanic city. Ancient Culhuacán was founded around 600 CE and the site has been continuously occupied since. Pueblo Culhuacán is situated 4 km south of La Viga.
La Viga
- Category: locality
- Location: Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.37229° or 19° 22′ 20″ northLongitude
-99.12097° or 99° 7′ 16″ westElevation
2,242 metres (7,356 feet)Open location code
76F29VCH+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 9041879040OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11562065
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In Other Languages
“La Viga” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “La Viga”
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