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Portales Oriente

Portales Oriente is a locality in , and has an elevation of 2,241 metres. Portales Oriente is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

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

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.

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

Metro station
Photo: GAED, CC0.
Ermita is a station on Line 2 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro system. According to the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, Ermita serves as a transfer station of Line 12.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Churubusco and Xoco.

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".

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 3 km west of Portales Oriente.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
This relatively large area in the southwest of has always been a counterculture hotbed. This is where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived, a few blocks away from Leon Trotsky, and the tranquil residential area, with parks, squares, and cobblestone streets, is now a favourite spot for the bohemia set.

Portales Oriente

Latitude
19.36538° or 19° 21′ 55″ north
Longitude
-99.14047° or 99° 8′ 26″ west
Elevation
2,241 metres (7,352 feet)
Open location code
76F29V85+5R
Geo­Names ID
11562239
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In Other Languages

“Portales Oriente” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Estación Ermita and Estación Portales.

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