El Santuario

El Santuario is a locality in , and has an elevation of 2,273 metres. El Santuario is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iztapalapa metro station and Cerro de la Estrella.

Metro station
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iztapalapa is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. It is located on the Calzada Ermita Iztapalapa in the Colonia El Santuario neighborhood of Iztapalapa borough on the southeast side of the city.

Peak
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iztapalapa and Pueblo Culhuacán.

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
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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.

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 6 km west of El Santuario.

El Santuario

Latitude
19.35413° or 19° 21′ 15″ north
Longitude
-99.09321° or 99° 5′ 36″ west
Elevation
2,273 metres (7,457 feet)
Open location code
76F29W34+MP
Geo­Names ID
11562284
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In Other Languages

“El Santuario” goes by many names.

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