La Viga

La Viga is a locality in , and has an elevation of 2,242 metres. La Viga is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo del Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos and Escuadrón 201 metro station.

Museum
Photo: France N. Roseau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Metro station
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Escuadrón 201 is a metro station in , . It is located in the city's eastern borough, close to the intersection of Eje 3 Oriente and Eje 8 Sur.

Metro station
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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 borough of Mexico City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iztapalapa and Churubusco.

Photo: Pancho Cárdenas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in the eastern part of . 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.

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 3½ km southwest of La Viga.

Quarter
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is an officially designated neighborhood of the borough of , which used to be a major pre-Hispanic city. Ancient Culhuacán was founded around 600 CE and the site has been continuously occupied since. is situated 4 km south of La Viga.

La Viga

Latitude
19.37219° or 19° 22′ 20″ north
Longitude
-99.12152° or 99° 7′ 18″ west
Elevation
2,242 metres (7,356 feet)
Open location code
76F29VCH+V9
Geo­Names ID
11562065
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